madrigal

• Substantivo que designa uma composição vocal polifônica, geralmente sem acompanhamento, para duas a seis vozes, composta sobre um poema curto de forma fixa; também se usa, por extensão, para o próprio poema lírico breve que serve de base a essa composição.

A noun referring to a type of unaccompanied partsong for two or three voices, composed according to a strict poetic form.

1. Secular vocal compositionC1formalart

   A type of secular vocal music, typically for two or three unaccompanied voices, that originated in Italy during the Renaissance and follows a strict poetic form.

   Composição vocal profana

   • The choir performed a beautiful madrigal from the 16th century.
   • Madrigals often feature complex harmonies and word painting.
   • She studied the poetic structure of the Italian madrigal.

• Cantar ou executar um madrigal, ou compor no estilo de um madrigal.

A verb meaning to sing or perform a madrigal, or to compose in the style of a madrigal.

1. Sing madrigalsC1formal

   To sing a type of secular vocal music composition from the Renaissance period, typically for several voices.

   Cantar madrigais

   • The choir will madrigal at the Renaissance fair.
   • They spent the evening madrigaling in the great hall.
   • The group madrigaled beautifully, harmonizing in four parts.