Canzona vs. Canzone — What's the Difference?

The canzona is an Italian musical form derived from the Franco-Flemish and Parisian chansons, 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.

Literally "song" in Italian, a canzone (Italian pronunciation: [kanˈtsoːne], plural: canzoni; cognate with English to chant) is an Italian or Provençal song or ballad. It is also used to describe a type of lyric which resembles a madrigal.

(music) A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries

A medieval Italian or Provençal lyric of varying stanzaic form, usually with a concluding envoy.

A polyphonic song evolving from this form of poetry and resembling the madrigal in style.

An Italian or Provençal song or ballad.

A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition).

A song or air for one or more voices, of Provençal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.