Madrigal



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.抒情短诗, 情歌, 合唱曲
• ［记］ 西班牙首都马德里 ( Madrid) +gal

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Italian madrigale, probably from Medieval Latin matricale, from neuter of *matricalis simple, from Late Latin, of the womb, from Latin matric-, matrix womb, from mater mother
• Date: 1588
• 1. a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form
• 2.
  • a. a complex polyphonic unaccompanied vocal piece on a secular text developed especially in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • b. part-song; especially glee
• ? madrigalian adjective
• ? madrigalist noun

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