A song or short lyric poem intended for multiple singers. Originating in 14th-century Italy, it became popular in England in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It has no fixed metrical requiremen [..]

Originally a form of vocal composition of 14th-century Italy, the madrigal became, in the 16th and 17th centuries, a favourite form of part-song, stemming first from Italy. In England the madrigal became popular in the last two decades of the 16th century in adaptations of Italian compositions and in new works by English composers.

an unaccompanied partsong for several voices Nevertheless we learn from Malvezzi's publication that the pieces were all written in the madrigal style, frequently in numerous voice parts. — Hender [..]

"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 [..]

A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices, usually without accompaniment.

 short lyrical poem.

A vocal music form that flourished in the Renaissance, originating in Italy. The madrigal is generally written for four to six voices that may or may not be accompanied. In modern performance madrigal [..]

  A madrigal is an Italian song form, often with Italian text. It is a short work in one movement, sung by a small group of vocalists. Madrigal texts were often set to music using word painting (where [..]

(n) an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form(v) sing madrigals

a composition for unaccompanied voices. It originated in Italy in the fifteenth century, and was written in from two to eight voices.

A type of Italian vocal music without any strict form, written in four-to-six parts, polyphonic and imitative.

primarily a 16th-century choral idiom developed in Italy, patterned after certain poetic forms (often Petrarch), and later exported to England.

A vocal form that arose in Italy during the sixteenth century and developed into the most ambitious secular form of the Renaissance.

A madrigal is an unaccompanied song for several voices. Madrigals were common in Elizabethan times in England when people often sung at home with friends or family.

A composition for several voices, usually unaccompanied, the texts of which are usually secular. Madrigals may be Contemporary.

A part song, originally sung without accompaniment, originating in Italy in the 14th century. It reached the heights of its popularity in the 16th century, with secular texts replacing sacred ones, an [..]