canzonetta
/ˌkanzəˈnɛtə
/ /ˌkantsəˈnɛtə /noun (plural canzonettas or canzonette /ˌkantsəˈnɛteɪ/)
A short, light vocal piece, especially in the Italian style of the 17th century.Vecchi composed some excellent church music, but his fame rests on his light madrigals and canzonettas, written in an eminently singable and attractive style....
- There remains one composition by Buxtehude, a canzonetta in A minor that is clearly similar to the opening of the first fugue of the A major toccata in both the shape and treatment of its subject and countersubject.
- Whether in strophic arias, simple canzonettas or elaborate madrigals, Kiehr's singing is effortlessly lush and nicely emotionally understated.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Italian 'little song', diminutive of canzone (see canzone).
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