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Definition of Madrigals

Madrigal
Madrigal Mad"ri*gal, n. [It. madrigale, OIt. madriale, mandriale (cf. LL. matriale); of uncertain origin, possibly fr. It mandra flock, L. mandra stall, herd of cattle, Gr. ? fold, stable; hence, madrigal, originally, a pastoral song.] 1. A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought. Whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.

Meaning of Madrigals from wikipedia

- rearrange some four-voice madrigals for single-voice and lute. In 1541, Verdelot also published five-voice madrigals and six-voice madrigals. The success of the...
- multigenerational Colombian family, the Madrigals, led by a matriarch whose children and grandchildren—except for Mirabel Madrigal—receive magical gifts from a miracle...
- Look up madrigal or madrigals in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Madrigal is a European musical form of the 16th and 17th centuries. Madrigal may also...
- madrigals in a collection, Il Desiderio, which she produced in Florence. Two years later she published in Venice her first actual book of madrigals for...
- Mic****e Madrigal Gaspar (born November 4, 1988) is a Filipino and American former actress. She was a finalist of ABS-CBN reality talent search, Star Circle...
- singer Lydia Davydova. As the name suggests, the ensemble specializes in madrigals and other secular genres of Renaissance and Baroque. The group has recorded...
- and Alma reconcile, the family and the townspeople rebuild Casita. The Madrigals make a door**** to complete the house. When it is put into the front door...
- Alessandro Liborio Madrigal (born July 4, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is a co-founder of the All Things Comedy podcast...
- Ziranda Madrigal Álvarez-Ugena (he born 23 May 1977 in Uruapan, Michoacán) he is a Mexican cyclist who specializes in competitive cross-country mountain...
- he was one of the most famous of the early composers of madrigals; his first book of madrigals, published within a decade of the appearance of the earliest...