Examples of madrigal in a Sentence
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The concert will include Renaissance madrigals—one English and one French.
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Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
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Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
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Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2021
After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
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Walter Simmons,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
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Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
—
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2021
After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
—
Walter Simmons,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
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“Madrigal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madrigal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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madrigal
noun
mad·ri·gal
ˈmad-ri-gəl 
1
: a short poem common in the Middle Ages
2
a
: a complex vocal piece developed especially in the 16th and 17th centuries
b
: a song usually not accompanied by musical instruments and consisting of two or more voice parts : part-song
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