madrigal

She had a good musical upbringing with piano lessons, doing things like madrigal singing when she was young.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022

It was also enjoyed in chamber concerts at Queen Elizabeth I’s court, in madrigal recitals, religious gatherings and in informal settings and street performances.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2018

They make expert use of the word-painting techniques of the Renaissance madrigal and Baroque opera.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016

Each madrigal mercilessly finds a new metaphor for punishing Peter, having denied Jesus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2016

Retiring to my tent at night, I was serenaded by a madrigal of creaks and percussive cracks, a reminder that I was lying on a moving river of ice.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

But a startling number of pieces—symphonies, sonatas, madrigals, sonnets, even ambitious operas—were composed to the highest standards of professional musicianship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The Middle Ages and Renaissance produced a body of “pestilential music”:motets, madrigals and other compositions responding to the horrific plagues of those times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2020

It opened with a reworking of “Incenerite spoglie,” from Monteverdi’s sixth book of madrigals, set to an intense poem of grief for a dead lover.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2019

Mr. Gardiner, in his early preparation of the trilogy, chose to rehearse madrigals with his singers as a way of molding the ensemble together.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2017

Unusually for their time, Arcadelt’s madrigals and chansons were intended for performance by men and women, and their success inspired many other composers.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall