About The Word Madrigal
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Madrigal
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What's The Definition Of Madrigal?
[n] an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
[v] sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully" Synonyms | Synonyms for Madrigal: Related Terms | Find terms related to Madrigal: alba | anacreontic | balada | ballad | ballade | bucolic | canso | cantata | chanson | choral singing | chorus | clerihew | dirge | dithyramb | eclogue | elegy | English sonnet | epic | epigram | epithalamium | epode | epopee | epopoeia | epos | georgic | ghazel | glee | haiku | Horatian ode | idyll | Italian sonnet | jingle | limerick | lyric | madrigaletto | monody | narrative poem | nursery rhyme | ode | oratorio | palinode | pastoral | pastoral elegy | pastorela | pastourelle | Petrarchan sonnet | Pindaric ode | poem | prothalamium | rhyme | rondeau | rondel | roundel | roundelay | Sapphic ode | satire | sestina | Shakespearean sonnet | sloka | song | sonnet | sonnet sequence | tanka | tenso | tenzone | threnody | triolet | troubadour poem | unison | verse | verselet | versicle | villanelle | virelay Madrigal In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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