madrigal

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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, moreover, begins with a serene, straightforward melody but gradually becomes contrapuntally intricate and agitated and multidimensional.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2016

He was represented here not only by music from operas devoted to him by Vivaldi, Handel and Haydn but also by a de Wert madrigal.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2015

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