Meaning of madrigalist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A composer of madrigals.
2. A singer or interpreter of madrigals.

Equivalents

Examples

“The 'Prince of Venosa' referred to in the letter to Albani is the famous archlutist and madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo, and 'Stella' is Gesualdo's protégé, Scipione Stella, who […]”

“A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.”

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