canzone
/kænˈzoʊneɪ/
noun
- A type of Italian lyric poem or song, often with several stanzas and a refrain, popular in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- In the music festival, a singer performed a medieval canzone with a lute.
- The poet wrote a canzone to celebrate the beauty of the countryside.
- Petrarch's canzone about love is still studied in literature classes.