About The Word Canto
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Canto
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What's The Definition Of Canto?
[n] a major division of a long poem
[n] the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music Synonyms | Synonyms for Canto: Related Terms | Find terms related to Canto: accompaniment | air | alto | antistrophe | aria | baritone | bass | basso continuo | basso ostinato | bassus | book | burden | cantus | cantus figuratus | cantus planus | chorus | continuo | contralto | couplet | descant | distich | drone | envoi | epode | figured bass | ground bass | heptastich | hexastich | lay | line | measure | melodia | melodic line | melody | monostich | note | octastich | octave | octet | ottava rima | part | pentastich | plain chant | plain song | prick song | quatrain | refrain | rhyme royal | septet | sestet | sextet | solo | solo part | song | soprano | soprano part | Spenserian stanza | stanza | stave | strain | strophe | syllable | tenor | tercet | terza rima | tetrastich | thorough bass | treble | triplet | tristich | tune | undersong | verse | voice | voice part See Also | poem | section | subdivision | verse form | voice part Canto In Webster's Dictionary \Can"to\, n.; pl. {Cantos}. [It. canto, fr. L. cantus
singing, song. See {Chant}.]
1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
2. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral
music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
{Canto fermo}[It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in
cathedral service; the plain song.
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