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What (who) is Canto - definition

DIVISION OF A LONG POEM
  • Detail of a 14th-century manuscript of Dante Alighieri's ''Commedia'', a three-part poem  (''Inferno'', ''Purgatorio'', ''Paradiso'') that was divided into 100 cantos.

Canto         
·noun One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
II. Canto ·noun The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
canto         
['kant??]
¦ noun (plural cantos) each of the sections into which some long poems are divided.
Origin
C16: from Ital., lit. 'song', from L. cantus.
Canto (Charles Lloyd album)         
ALBUM BY CHARLES LLOYD
Canto is an album by the jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded in December 1996 with Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Billy Hart.ECM Records catalogue accessed January 25, 2010.

Wikipedia

Canto

The canto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkanto]) is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry.

Examples of use of Canto
1. Female pop vocal album: "Yo Canto," Laura Pausini.
2. It helped incubate bubbly Canto–pop music and spawn a generation of film directors.
3. He was unequalled as a young man in bel canto roles, usually as Sutherland‘s foil, outstandinglyas Nemorino in L‘Elisir d‘Amore.
4. As much about intensity as pitch, bel canto focuses the voice, concentrating the sound with both outstanding warmth and agility.
5. El canto de gallina sobre la "amenaza militar" de alguien, que entonan ellos, es la teoria de guerra contra el Norte.