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madrigal

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As a noun, madrigal means a song for a small number of unaccompanied voices. As a verb, it means sing madrigals.

Meanings of madrigal

5 meanings

noun

  1. musicA song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.

  2. musicA polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.

  3. poetryA short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.

  4. An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

verb

  1. Sing madrigals

    “The group was madrigaling beautifully”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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