Canzona
Italian musical form / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with canzone.
The canzona is an Italian musical form derived from the Franco-Flemish and Parisian chansons,[1] and during Giovanni Gabrieli's lifetime was frequently spelled canzona, though both earlier and later the singular was spelled either canzon or canzone with the plural canzoni. The use of canzone as the plural is sometimes found in Italian, but is not common. English (and often German) uses the form canzona, with canzonas as the plural.[1]