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Definition of Madrigalists
1. madrigalist [n] - See also: madrigalist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madrigalists
Literary usage of Madrigalists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The Origins Of The by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"The third concerns the musical experiences and tastes of members of the Florentine
cultural elite and the influence they exercised on the early madrigalists ..."
2. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1848)
"... his person when he went from thence into collection so familiar to madrigalists,
The expedition to Scotland, without bein^ edition, 1311. ..."
3. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas (1891)
"... madrigalists of the present period. We have seen, already, that Byrd, Farrant,
Orlando Gibbons, and all the most famous masters of the school, ..."
4. The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review by Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1823)
"... we should say it is a style formed on the madrigalists and the early dramatic
writers; that it is more syllabic in melody than melismatic; more compact, ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"... lyric than madrigalists, especially those who wrote for a single voice with
instrumental (usually lute) accompaniment.1 It is impossible to determine ..."
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