1. Canzone or canzona, in music, a type of instrumental music in Italy in the 16th and 17th cent

2. Canzona, Italian Canzone (“song” or “chanson”), plural canzoni, a genre of Italian instrumental music in the 16th and 17th centuries

3. Canzone napoletana (pronounced [kanˈtsoːne napoleˈtaːna]), sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song (Neapolitan: canzona napulitana [kanˈdzoːnə napuliˈtɑːnə]), is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented by female soloists as well, and expressed in familiar genres such as the love song and …