Canzonet vs Descant - What's the difference?
canzonet | descant | Related terms |
A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
*, Folio Society 2006, vol.1, p.213:
A lengthy discourse on a subject
* De Quincey
(music) a counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme
To discuss at length.
*{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 To sing or play a descant.
Canzonet is a related term of descant.
As nouns the difference between canzonet and descant
is that canzonet is a short song, now especially one which is light and breezy while descant is a lengthy discourse on a subject.As a verb descant is
to discuss at length.canzonet
English
Noun
(en noun)- Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet , which beginneth in this sence.
descant
English
Noun
(en noun)- Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant !
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=“… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”}}