MADRIGAL

Madrigal

A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six. It is quite distinct from the Italian Trecento madrigal of the late 13th and 14th centuries, with which it shares only the name.

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madrigal

Noun

  1. a song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy
  2. a polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy
  3. a short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music


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