Madrigal Definition

mădrĭ-gəl
noun
A song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
American Heritage
A short poem, usually a love poem, which can be set to music.
Webster's New World

A part song, esp. an often contrapuntal song popular in the 15th, 16th, and 17th cent.

Webster's New World
A polyphonic song using a vernacular text and written for four to six voices, developed in Italy in the 16th century and popular in England in the 1500s and early 1600s.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Madrigal

Noun

Singular:
madrigal
Plural:
madrigals

Origin of Madrigal

  • Italian madrigale probably from dialectal madregal simple from Late Latin mātrīcālis invented, original from Latin of the womb from mātrīx mātrīc- womb from māter mātr- mother mater

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

    From Wiktionary

Madrigal Sentence Examples

  • The Psaumes of Clement Marot (1538) were curious adaptations of Hebrew ideas to French forms of the epigram and the madrigal.

  • A madrigal proper is usually very contrapuntal, with much use of imitation. this makes all the voices equally important.

  • An early Coprario 4-part fantasia will demonstrate that he borrowed motives directly from a Ferrabosco madrigal.

  • A pure descending melody that could be an English madrigal meets warped chords simultaneously shimmering and turgid.

  • There are also many musical organizations, including the Chamber Orchestra and the Madrigal Singers.

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