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Synonyms for madrigals

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mad-ri-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæd rɪ gəl

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Définition of madrigals

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
Example sentences :
  • Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • Burlesques and chansons disputed the palm with madrigals and sonnets.
  • Extract from : « The Women of the French Salons » by Amelia Gere Mason
  • This version soon eclipsed the brilliancy of his madrigals and sonnets.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • But the mischief was done: no amount of epistles or madrigals could repair it.
  • Extract from : « Later Queens of the French Stage » by H. Noel Williams
  • And who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
  • Extract from : « Areopagitica » by John Milton
  • This was a collection of Madrigals called Musica Transalpina.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Good Musicians » by Frederick Bridge
  • His page René was a poet, and had written many sonnets and madrigals.
  • Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe
  • The term part-song is often loosely applied to glees, madrigals, etc.
  • Extract from : « Music Notation and Terminology » by Karl W. Gehrkens
  • And just as the old tunes were related to the motets and madrigals, so are these to the verse-anthems and glees of their time.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing » by Robert Bridges
  • The publication of madrigals in praise of Queen Elizabeth, after her death, may be easily accounted for.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 98, September 13, 1851 » by Various

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