[It.; deriv. form of canzone: see next.] 1. = CANZONE.
2. Music. a. The setting to music of the words of a canzone or canzona, for one or more voices. b. An instrumental piece written in the style of a madrigal. † c. Apparently an equivalent for sonata, as a piece of several movements. (Grove.)
1879. E. Prout, in Grove, Dict. Mus., I. 306/2. A canzona, by Sebastian Bach, may be found in … his organ works.
