terza rima

Definition of the Italian term terza rima in music:

  1. Italian verse form consisting of a series of three-line stanzas (where every second line in a stanza provides the rhyme for the following stanza's first and third line)
Language
Italian
Singular
terza rima
Plural
terze rime

Related terms

Italian musical terms related to terza rima:

  • terza – third (ordinal number)...