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Madrigal

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Noun

1. madrigal

an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

Verb

2. madrigal

sing madrigals

Example Sentences:
'The group was madrigaling beautifully'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Madrigal

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noun
1. music
a type of 16th- or 17th-century part song for unaccompanied voices with an amatory or pastoral text
Compare glee (sense 2)
2. 
a 14th-century Italian song, related to a pastoral stanzaic verse form

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Madrigal

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noun
1. 
a short poem, usually a love poem, which can be set to music
2. 
an often contrapuntal song with parts for several voices singing without accompaniment, popular in the 15th, 16th, and 17th cent.
3.  Loosely
any song, esp. a part song

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Madrigal

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n.
1.
a. A song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
b. A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music.
2.
a. A polyphonic song using a vernacular text and written for four to six voices, developed in Italy in the 16th century and popular in England in the 1500s and early 1600s.
b. A part song.

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