Definition of Cantelena
||Can`ti*le"na (?), n. [It. & L.]
(Mus.) See Cantabile.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style
*1964: He played a lazy tune that sinuated from C sharp down to G natural and back again. Astonishing that he could flute so lazy a cantilena while chasing nymphs. — Anthony Burgess, The Eve of St Venus
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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