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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...
- of English madrigals was The Triumphs of Oriana, a collection of madrigals compiled by Thomas Morley, which contained 25 different madrigals by 23 different...
- 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...
- Nicklaus Michael Madrigal (born March 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB)...
- “Improvisation in the Madrigals of the Rossi Codex,” Acta musicologica 64 (1992), pp. 165–76. Kurt von Fischer, Gianluca D’Agostino (2004) Madrigal: I. Italy, 14th...
- 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...
- 16th century in Italy, in which groups of related, generally a cappella madrigals were sung consecutively, generally telling a story, and sometimes having...
- (Spiritual Madrigals, 1583), was printed at Brescia. His next works (his first published secular compositions) were sets of five-part madrigals, according...