madrigal

mad·ri·gal  (mdr-gl)

n.

1.

a. A song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

b. A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music.

2.

a. 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 16th and early 17th centuries.

b. A part song.

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[Italian madrigale, probably from dialectal madregal, simple, from Late Latin mtrclis, invented, original, from Latin, of the womb, from mtrx, mtrc-, womb, from mter, mtr-, mother; see mater.]

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madri·gal·ist n.

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madrigal

Noun

a type of 16th- or 17th-century part song for unaccompanied voices [Medieval Latin matricale primitive]

madrigalist n

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madrigal

1. a part song for several voices making much use of contrapuntal imitation.
2. a lyric poem suitable for setting to music, usually with love as a theme. — madrigalist, n.

See also: Songs and Singing

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a lyric poem suitable for setting to music, usually with love as a theme. — madrigalist, n.

See also: Verse

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	madrigal - an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form partsong - a song with two or more voice parts
Verb	1.	madrigal - sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully" music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" sing - deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"

Translations

madrigal [ˈmædrɪgəl] n → madrigal m

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madrigal

n madrigal [ˈmӕdrigəl]

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