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madrigal
/ˈmædɹəɡəl/
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What does madrigal mean?
noun
- A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
- A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
- A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmædɹəɡəl/
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Yet until the shadows fall Over one and over all, Sing a merry madrigal— A madrigal!
She seemed to belong rightly to a madrigal—to require viewing through rhyme and harmony.
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One of the last messages scribbled to his wife and sent her with a glass of the champagne that had been ordered for himself, ran, in his most finished vein of childish madrigal: ‘The Captain bows to you, my love, across the table.’