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roˈmanza (roˈmanza; in Sp. contexts also roˈmanθa) Also -ansa. †1. [ad. It. romanzo: see romanzo.] A romance; a romantic fancy. Obs.
1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres iv. 54 The supposal..smels of a Romansa and inchantment. 1656― tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lxxviii. (1674) 105 The Paladins of Spanish Romansa's. a1661Fuller Worthies, Surrey iii. (1662) 87 Conceiving it rather a Romanza or Fiction than a thing really performed. Ibid., Yorks., It will sound Romanza-like to posterity. ‖2. Mus. [a. It., Sp. romanza.] A romantic song or melody; a lyrical piece of music; = romance n. 4 b.
1834Chambers's Edin. Jrnl. III. 110/2 Another youth..begins singing a Spanish romanza. 1938Oxf. Compan. Mus. 810/2 Romanza.., a song or song-like instrumental composition. 1970J. Blades Percussion Instruments x. 196 Alexander Goehr scores for the lion's roar in his Romanza for 'cello and orchestra (1968). 1975New Yorker 16 June 97/3 Then the romanza begins. |