Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Canzone

Canzone , noun

[Italian, a song, from Latin cantio, from canere to sing. Compare Chanson, Chant.]

(a)
(Music) A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.
(b)
(Music) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.