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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR |
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CANZONE , a form of verse which has reached us from Italian literature, where from the earliest times it has been assiduously cultivated. The word is derived from the Provencal cansd, a song, but it was in Italian first that the form became a literary one, and was dedicated to the highest uses of poetry. The canzone-strophe consists of two parts, the opening one being distinguished by Dante
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sonnet . The Vita Nuova contains many examples of the canzone, and these are accompanied by so many explanations of their form as to lead us to believe that the canzone was originally invented or adopted by Dante
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" Donna pietosa e di novella etate, Adorna assai di gentilezza umane, Era la ov' io chiamava spesso Morte. Veggendo gli oc hi miei pien di pietate, Ed ascoltando le parole vane
Si mosse con paura a pianger forte; Ed altro donne, che si furo accorte Di me per quella che meco piangfa, Fecer lei partir via Ed apprissarsi per farmi sentire. Quel dicea: ' Non dormire ' ; E qual dicea: Perche si to sconforte?' Allor lasciai la nuova fantasia
Chiamando it nome della donna mia." The Canzoniere of Petrarch is of great
century by William Drummond of Hawthornden, who has left some very beautiful examples. In German poetry it was cultivated by A. W. von Schlegel and other poets of the Romantic period. It is doubtful, however, whether it is in agreement with the genius of any language but Italian, and whether the genuine " Canzone toscana " is a form which can be reproduced elsewhere than in Italy. (E. G.)End of Article: CANZONE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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