Strophic songs for three or four voices that were composed in the Neapolitan dialect in the 16th century and that consciously imitate folk lyric traditions.
Villanelles -- History and criticism. / https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87005289 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187 : McFarland, Ronald E.
Strophic songs for three or four voices that were composed in the Neapolitan dialect in the 16th century and that consciously imitate folk lyric traditions.