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A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance ... Musical examples. Stage 1 Madrigal: Arcadelt, Ahime, dov'e bel viso, 1538;
Madrigal (Italian: madrigale) is the name of a form of poetry, the exact nature of which has never been decided in English. [1] Definition and Characteristics. The New English Dictionary defines a madrigal as "a short lyrical poem of amatory character," but this definition is broad and not entirely accurate. Madrigals can be long, and often ...
The English Madrigal School was the intense flowering of the musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced them. The English madrigals were a cappella , predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or direct translations of Italian models.
Fair Phyllis (also Fair Phyllis I saw, Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone) is an English madrigal by John Farmer. The music is polyphonic and was published in 1599. The madrigal contains four voices and uses occasional imitation. It also alternates between triple and duple beat subdivisions of the beat in different parts of the work.
Madrigal – Polyphonic musical setting of poetry, usually sung without instrumental accompaniment. Madrigal comedy – Collection of madrigals arranged to tell a story, often comic or satirical. Madrigale spirituale – Type of Italian madrigal adapted for religious texts. Mass – Sacred musical composition of the Eucharistic liturgy.
One example is an arrangement, backed by his own trio, of “I Got Rhythm.” ... Also a part of the performance will be the Southeast High madrigal singers, with whom Mann sang before graduating ...
"The Silver Swan" is a madrigal by Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composed during the early Baroque period. Gibbons's best-known song and among the most admired English madrigals, it is scored for five voices—cantus, quintus, alto, tenor and bass.
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