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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mad-ri-guh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæd rɪ gəl |
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Définition of madrigal
Origin :- "short love poem," also "part-song for three or more voices," 1580s, from Italian madrigale, probably from Venetian dialect madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (genitive matricis) "womb" (see matrix).
- As in carol : noun joyful hymn
- I must needs try my new-fledged pinions in sonnet, elogy, and madrigal.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Away from Madrigal—anywhere—and at once; tomorrow at latest.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- The three poets, with three lutes, were singing a madrigal in her honour.
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- Perhaps she would soon be down—should he write the madrigal he had promised her?
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- The madrigal differed from this only in dealing with secular subjects.
- Extract from : « Woman's Work in Music » by Arthur Elson
- John Wilbye is styled by Oliphant the first of madrigal writers.
- Extract from : « Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age » by Various
- And the statement about the Burlesque Madrigal is truly absurd.
- Extract from : « Twelve Good Musicians » by Frederick Bridge
- To secure his footing he offered the Academy in 1728 a Madrigal in five voices.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Romain Rolland
- This was an expression of Ariosto in one of his smaller poems, I believe in a Madrigal.
- Extract from : « Thalaba the Destroyer » by Robert Southey
- To this day a madrigal and other songs of his are known to music lovers.
- Extract from : « Milton's England » by Lucia Ames Mead
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