| 单词 | madrigal |
| 例句 | Unusually for their time, Arcadelt’s madrigals and chansons were intended for performance by men and women, and their success inspired many other composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Monteverdi brought all the tricks he was learning composing madrigals and sacred choral music into his telling of Orpheus’s descent into the Underworld to rescue his recently lost lover, Euridice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z 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. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And now there was an acrimonious madrigal, with parts sung in all quarters of the car. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Arcadelt’s first book of madrigals was the most widely reprinted songbook in Europe in the second half of the sixteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z One of the madrigals they still teach children on very hot afternoons in public schools. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Nor was it just in his madrigals that Monteverdi started shifting chords around for the sheer surprise and delight of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In his madrigals, Monteverdi dips in and out of all kinds of chords, many of them startlingly unrelated, in order to create ear-catching effects. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z What Monteverdi did in his madrigals was to take the idea of triads and chords, and start to mess with their chemistry. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Even in the first and second books of madrigals, when he is still learning the trade, Monteverdi plays with material and uncovers new sonic horizons,” Mr. Carter said. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z His madrigals, published in a series of sometimes controversial volumes, had gained a thorough popularity. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z Venexiana's programme drew mostly on the last three collections of madrigals published in Monteverdi's lifetime, the sixth, seventh and eighth books, in which the worlds of the madrigal and of opera grow steadily closer. La Venexiana ? review 2011-01-06T22:16:01Z Two ex-lovers recalling their night together get bogged down in a critique of the film Weekend at Bernie's II, and a medieval madrigal about wooing falters at Jemaine's difficulties in renting a horse. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z This was beautiful, slightly mysterious music, sung in a metered rhythm, but it did not mesh all that well with the rather different Monteverdi madrigals that followed. In D.C. debut, vocal ensemble Vox Luminis offers moments of beauty despite hiccups This season's Spitalfields Winter festival is making a feature of Monteverdi's madrigals. La Nuova Musica/Bates ? review 2010-12-16T22:00:01Z And even in the energetic but aimless wandering that pervades the third madrigal, the two mustered a common sense of focus. Kennedy Center Chamber Players master a challenging program 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Suddenly the madrigal morphs into quasi opera as the maiden voices her grief directly. Music Review: Tenet Vocal Ensemble at Italian Academy, Columbia University 2012-11-05T20:00:06Z He and other dedicated singers and friends performed and recorded madrigals by the then-neglected Monteverdi under her direction. Hugues Cu?nod obituary 2010-12-08T19:10:00Z The vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth realized these different musical styles — Baroque madrigal, Appalachian folk song, Manhattan Transfer-style close harmony, buzzing rock anthem — with ease through amplification. Review | In three parts, an artistic reexamination of Robert Mapplethorpe 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The ensemble specialises in madrigals, Monteverdi's in particular, and their approach adapted well to the sacred theatre revealed in these richly ornate religious pieces. La Venexiana/Cavina 2010-05-17T21:30:00Z Mr. Gardiner, in his early preparation of the trilogy, chose to rehearse madrigals with his singers as a way of molding the ensemble together. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z In a programme filled with the darker side of the madrigal genre it was a welcome moment of light relief. Choir of King's College; Exaudi; Tallis Scholars – review 2012-10-27T23:17:28Z In the early 1940s, Mr. Randolph founded a madrigal group, the Randolph Singers, which performed in New York in Town Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall and elsewhere. David Randolph, 95, Conductor of Many (Speedy) ?Messiahs? 2010-05-15T04:42:00Z Mostly, though, this was a vital, often ebullient performance that reveled in the degree to which Monteverdi wove the drama of his operas and madrigals into his sacred works. Music Review | Boston Baroque: Praise of Mary at Eventide Resounds Across 400 Years 2010-03-08T07:50:00Z The harmonic progressions in Monteverdi’s madrigals challenged conventions of the time and prompted an attack from the conservative theorist Giovanni Artusi. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Milan-born, Siepi joined a madrigal choir, devoted to Monteverdi, there when he was 14, and made his concert debut when only 17. Cesare Siepi 2010-07-06T16:49:00Z But one evening we got into the holiday spirit by taking in a performance of madrigals in the town of Magliano in Toscana. Seduced by Tuscany in Winter 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z When the cast joins voices in a hymn or madrigal by Byrd, there’s something very touching about the melding of all those voices, given the discord of the characters we’ve met. Theater Review: ‘Measure for Measure’ Full of Dual Natures and Hard Choices 2014-03-02T23:23:31Z Her recordings of Monteverdi’s madrigals were a landmark in the early music movement. She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Tolputt's staging has a superfluous trio of circus performers; and as well as playing characters in the narrative, the six singers of the Armonico Consort illustrate it with arias and madrigals. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-28T21:00:00Z The first concentrates on Monteverdi’s madrigals of love and war; the second, on works by French composers like Marais, Rameau and Rebel. Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Gesualdo’s music — mainly madrigals and vocal works for the church — has a harmonic boldness hardly known before the 19th century. Prince, Killer and Composer,' Gesualdo' Inspires Sound and Fury 2010-10-19T11:30:00Z And her works go about answering them studiously but sensuously — with earnestness, wit, whimsy, self-awareness and music that ranges freely among, for a start, Baroque madrigals, power ballads and barbed modernism. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Today, I still know only a fraction of the nearly 500 pieces of Schütz’s that survive: motets, madrigals, sacred concertos, oratorios and more. Before Bach, He Was Germany’s Greatest Composer 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Their program, “Triumphs: Renaissance Conquests in Love and War” will include madrigals and other works from England, France and Italy. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week of Feb. 10 2013-02-06T23:03:48Z From the scale of his paintings and sculptures it might seem that he would write massive slabs of grand narrative, but instead he wrote pensive sonnets, meditative madrigals, terse epitaphs. Shostakovich meets Michelangelo the lover 2013-06-29T08:00:49Z Even the minor role of a musician who recites madrigals written by Manon’s rich patron, sung by the captivating Avery Amereau, stood out for the unusually rich, saturated auburn timbre of her voice. ‘Manon Lescaut’ at the Met Opera: A Courtesan in Need of Context 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z And astonishing is the word for these madrigals. Music Review: Tenet Vocal Ensemble at Italian Academy, Columbia University 2012-11-05T20:00:06Z The Clod Ensemble are at Tate Modern on Monday night with Silver Swan, a piece inspired by a 17th-century madrigal. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-11-16T12:18:25Z Yet in among the flatulence jokes and unrestrained use of a genuine slap stick were pauses for some sublime, harmonic meditations the expressive equal of anything the northern Italian madrigal tradition has to offer. York Early Music festival 2010-07-12T21:30:00Z Left to herself, Her Maj would probably prefer songs from the shows of the 1940s and 50s, or perhaps one of the madrigals she learned to sing as a child. Is this the Queen's ideal playlist for her diamond jubilee? 2012-02-08T15:45:00Z “Draw on Sweet Night” promises an evening of madrigals, anthems and catches — a type of round — by composers including Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes and Henry Purcell. A&E highlights: Plate of Nations, tulips, Rihanna 2013-03-28T00:24:18Z The poems that make up the first third of Spaar’s career overview are cast as madrigals: brief odes to everything from spring onions to 1970s New Jersey, with surprising notes of eros. Newly Published, From Primo Levi to ‘Positive Masculinity’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Cage's Quartet in Four Parts was guilelessly beautiful, like a series of renaissance madrigals bleached of their expressive dimensions. JACK Quartet ? review 2011-08-01T17:31:40Z 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. Review: Le Jardin des Voix’s Sweet Italian Menu 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z She sings like an outsider, in a clear voice made for drowsy madrigals and folk rusticana; her voice lies on top of stomps and threnodies and drone-chants. New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z I had the temerity to audition the choral scholars, because apart from singing the odd madrigal on a punt with Raymond Leppard, they didn't know a note of Monteverdi. John Eliot Gardiner: Monteverdi and me 2010-09-02T22:01:00Z I directed a madrigal choir and for some of our concerts we rented Renaissance Faire-esque dresses. When the ‘Mean Girls’ Were Teen Girls 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Akbar interrogated the Jesuits about Christ's exact role in the Last Judgment and, on one occasion, dressed in Portuguese garb and spent an evening listening to madrigals. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z One passage suggested a distant gamelan heard in fits over crackling shortwave radio; in another, an unaccompanied singer became a cybernetic madrigal consort suited to a Kanye West record. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z Previous volumes covered the secular songs, madrigals and psalm settings; these two discs concentrate on the sacred motets. Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, etc ? review 2011-08-25T22:00:02Z What they sing is appropriate to the action: the drawn-out harmony of the opening to the madrigal, "Moro, lasso!" The Duchess of Malfi ? review 2010-10-20T20:31:00Z The madrigal’s heavy lifting is entrusted to a narrator, who must set the scene, describe the action and comment as a sort of poet-observer. National Gallery Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Players take on a timely madrigal 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Citizens could hear lofty tragic operas, sensual madrigals exploring the pangs of desire and bawdy street songs. Music Review: ‘Venezia, From the Streets to the Palaces,’ at Miller Theater 2012-09-13T22:25:32Z Michelangelo would send drawings, and Sebastiano frequently shared madrigals, poetic vocal arrangements that were sometimes set to music. How a Curator Attributed This Drawing to Michelangelo 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z For the following madrigals, the chorus gives up, as well. Why music from 1594 still moves us in 2016: The deep meaning of 'Tears of St. Peter' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z No lutenist or madrigal choir is needed: his "airs" sing from the page. Poem of the week: My Sweetest Lesbia by Thomas Campion 2010-03-22T10:50:00Z Each madrigal, moreover, begins with a serene, straightforward melody but gradually becomes contrapuntally intricate and agitated and multidimensional. Why music from 1594 still moves us in 2016: The deep meaning of 'Tears of St. Peter' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z 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. Review | In three parts, an artistic reexamination of Robert Mapplethorpe 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z The choir looks to the past, sparely, quietly recalling the Renaissance madrigals that the composer studied in his youth. Review: Four Days of Luigi Nono in ‘Utopian Listening’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Written in old age with a final flourish of inspiration, the score bristles with complex counterpoint, rapid madrigal patter, wild humour and explosive, trill-laden orchestration. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z Taking Monteverdi's madrigals as their starting point they presented a series of their own, interspersing sublime 16th-century Italian sensuality with astringent and arresting 21st-century commissions, four of them given their world premieres. Choir of King's College; Exaudi; Tallis Scholars – review 2012-10-27T23:17:28Z It is made up of a “constellation” of installations, featuring recordings of the artist singing overlapping versions of 16th-century folk songs, or madrigals, at different spots around the financial district. Special Report: An Artist Whose Work 'Sounds Like Stars' 2010-10-13T13:00:00Z Mr. Gardiner said both the madrigals and operas still speak directly to audiences more than four centuries later thanks to an emotional range that was unparalleled at the time. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Performing as part of the Carnegie Hall festival Before Bach, the six-voice ensemble offered a richly international program of Renaissance madrigals and the like. Review: I Fagiolini, Richard Goode and the Juilliard Opera in Concert 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Next up on the EMG's calendar: The King's Singers, performing madrigals and other works from England, France and Italy, on Feb. 16 at Town Hall Seattle. Good news for early-music fans 2013-01-29T19:16:05Z His books of madrigals brought the art of combining words and music to new heights. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z But in the madrigals — short poetry settings that were sometimes woven into dramatic sequences — Monteverdi had already created an unprecedented synthesis between words and music. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z When it was later published, in 1638, it was as part of a book of madrigals. A Grand History of Small Operas 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Yet that does not mean that the madrigals in this first collection are not mature works, nor that they're uncharacteristic of the Gesualdo we are more familiar with. Gesualdo: Madrigals Book 1 2010-04-29T21:20:00Z He found a way to combine the techniques he had evolved in writing madrigals, four- or five-minute pieces, with what he learned from the new music of the Florentine Camerata, the earliest experiments in opera. A Monteverdi Master Returns to His Roots With a Rare Trilogy 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The madrigals must be sung or, in this case, played, with pinpoint precision, so listeners will realize that the strange chords are intended. Music Review: Bachanalia at Merkin Concert Hall - Review 2011-12-31T00:30:21Z She had a good musical upbringing with piano lessons, doing things like madrigal singing when she was young. Queen had ‘immensely detailed knowledge’ of music, says royal composer 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Are Gesualdo’s madrigals and Caravaggio’s masterpieces any less beautiful because the composer and the painter were murderers? Review | T.S. Eliot may have been flawed, but a new book reminds of his greatness on the page 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence. Review: Ojai Music Festival begins a new era with exciting emerging talent 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Now the writer, poet and pioneer of the English madrigal – who also saved the life of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in a street brawl – is being seen in a new light. Shakespeare’s secret co-writer finally takes a bow … 430 years late 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z The Middle Ages and Renaissance produced a body of “pestilential music”:motets, madrigals and other compositions responding to the horrific plagues of those times. Pandemic pop: At home and around the world, black-humored new songs about coronavirus go viral 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z She is shadowed by a quartet of look-alikes in candy-colored coats, who form a kind of madrigal ensemble, singing in cool tones without vibrato. Nico Muhly Escapes Hitchcock with a “Marnie” Opera 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z 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. Many shows in citywide Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare festival mix music and the Bard 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Robertson echoed his sister’s thoughts and wants to see the madrigal dinner regain its traditional role in the city. Madrigal dinner returns to Snyder — thanks to choir director 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Watson was a polymath whose talents extended from writing poetry in Latin to creating the first published set of English madrigals. Shakespeare’s secret co-writer finally takes a bow … 430 years late 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Robertson echoed his sister’s thoughts and wants to see the madrigal dinner regain its traditional role in the city. Madrigal dinner returns to Snyder _ thanks to choir director 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z They make expert use of the word-painting techniques of the Renaissance madrigal and Baroque opera. Bach’s Holy Dread 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Music of the Season will be performed by madrigal singers from the St. Albans and National Cathedral schools, led by Charles Bowers. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z I have to admit that the fourth or fifth time around, the polyphonic madrigals and brass band anthems are starting to get to me. Is the Holy Spirit living in Africa? - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Philip Cave will direct his award-winning British early music ensemble in a performance of madrigals and motets by the early baroque master. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Philip Cave will direct his professional and award-winning British early music ensemble in a performance of madrigals and motets by the early baroque master. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Gugel taught high school and junior high music and was involved in musicals, madrigals and variety shows. Spearfish teacher of 40 years receives award 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z They served as an audience for madrigal groups, high school musicians, artists, poets, singers, writers and many speakers. Zeeland Ladies Literary Club ends after 94 years 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z And the first two numbers, a madrigal and an adaptation of a madrigal, are unfamiliar. A Review of ‘Sing for Your Shakespeare’ in Westport 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Evans’ has long been honourably known for its old English glees, catches, madrigals, &c., good supper, and gentlemanly arrangements and audiences. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z I am no fancy lover to sing madrigals in my lady's bower. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, Ð most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Then after three lines of incoherent speech: “To shallow rivers, and to falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.” Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Now when you see a man wearing two yards of black cr�pe in front of his collar, do not expect him to sing you a madrigal. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Through this forest of Arden I have walked with Orlando, and with him hung madrigals on the trees, half believing that Rosalind might find them. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z His madrigals, complimentary verses, and other short pieces, abound in foolish conceits, and what is worse, in coarse and licentious language. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z He entertained no gout, no ache he felt, The air was good and temperate, where he dwelt; While mavises and sweet-tongued nightingales Did sing him roundelays and madrigals. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z While the madrigal does not show a distinction of contrasted movements, this feature is absolutely necessary in the glee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The publication of madrigals in praise of Queen Elizabeth, after her death, may be easily accounted for. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 98, September 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-05T03:00:41.160Z To draw any parallel between the theft of such unattractive details in the grand and intensely Handelian scheme of Israel in Egypt and Buononcini’s alleged theft of a prize madrigal is merely ridiculous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Cherries in nets against the wall, Where Master Thrush his madrigal Sings, and makes oath a churl is he Who grudges cherries for a fee. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z I wish I had a more amiable and romantic picture to present to you, such as shepherds and shepherdesses, flocks and madrigals; but this is the truth, and the truth is best at all times. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z In the madrigal the movement of the voices is strictly contrapuntal, while the more modern form allows of freer treatment and more compact harmonies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Kings feasted there with stately dames, Ambassadors and Cardinals Who, cheered with wine and madrigals, Fed with their fancies amorous flames. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z A madrigal of his, written either in the days of Alessandro or at the beginning of Cosimo's reign, expresses what was in his heart. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Then from poetry he would turn to romances, fables, stories, epigrams, madrigals, logographs, acrostics, charades, enigmas, and impromptus; and he even wrote a comic opera. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z His vocal pieces, madrigals, motets, canons, &c., are admirable, and prove him to have been a great master of pure polyphony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Now and then a party of belated students or merry-makers came by, singing a round or madrigal. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z Orlando Gibbons,—1583-1625—set music in madrigals to several common cries of the day. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z A thrush's call Blends with a blackbird's madrigal. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z His page René was a poet, and had written many sonnets and madrigals. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The word, however, was originally applied to more formal compositions, based on the madrigal, for several instruments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z In cadence far, From star to star, Sleep's mellow horns are faintly calling; Through dreamland halls Sweet madrigals, In liquid numbers drowsy falling. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z This was the end of the long tragedy of civil strife and of wars of conquest, mingled with the sound of Results of the religious wars. madrigals and psalms and pavanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z But the mass of these sonnets and odes and madrigals is extraordinarily insipid and cold, the similes are forced and grotesque, and everywhere pedantry takes the place of passion. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z He must therefore cultivate his gift of making madrigals, that he may please the great ladies, and make the bishop boast that he was theirs. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z To translate these madrigals would be both difficult and undesirable. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Murmuring over the mossy stones, In cool green dells where the gold bee drones, Sudden and swift the showery fall, Startling the wood bird's madrigal. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z He had unfurled his last wild madrigal, And winds had borne it where the dead leaves fall. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z The same madrigals were used, the same melodramatic protestations were spoken by all. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z In the second act a madrigal, sung by Benedick, is charming and very delicately scored, as is also a quartet for Pedro, Leonato, Benedick, and Beatrice. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z The best of his madrigals and canzonets describe the pleasures of country life. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z In his operas, La Fontaine composed in the style of his fables; and Benserade, in his translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," exhibited the same kind of pleasantry which rendered his madrigals successful. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z "Ah!" said the lady, "one more madrigal, and he might well be beloved." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z His madrigal, called in English “Down in a flow’ry vale,” is well known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z In one of his madrigals, he says, with an elegance which is perhaps a little quaint, "my wishes soar so high, that my hopes shrink back, and dare not follow them." The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Sonnet and madrigal were the favoured measures of William Drummond of Hawthornden, a real and exquisite poet of the studio, who shows the general drift of verse towards sequestered and religious feeling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Musa Madrigalesca; or a collection of madrigals, ballets, roundelays, etc., chiefly of the Elizabeth age; with remarks and annotations. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z He has bent Nimrod's bow; he has conquered the lion; he has a good share of sense, having written for you extempore a very pretty madrigal. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z In high school, I sang a cappella in a madrigal choir. The Boss: Music and Fried Chicken 2011-01-01T23:00:08Z He relates, in another little madrigal, that standing alone with her in a balcony, he chanced, perhaps in the eagerness of conversation, to extend his arm on hers. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Come, Charlotte," said Sir Hugh, after executing one of the pieces of music then in vogue, "now a madrigal in which all can join. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z It was a collection of French epigrams and madrigals, translated into Italian by the Count Roncali, of the city of Brescia in the Venetian dominions. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 About 1731 it was discovered that he had a few years previously palmed off a madrigal by Lotti as his own work, and after a long correspondence he was obliged to leave the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" So listen: I must now go and reply to a new madrigal my dear and illustrious poet has sent me. Marguerite de Valois It appears from a little madrigal of hers, which has been preserved, that though she tenderly returned the affection of her lover, it was without the knowledge of her haughty family. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Come, a madrigal; and after that our evening meal in the garden, beneath the mulberry-tree. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z The airiest and most fugitive among Petrarch's love-poems, so far as I know,—showing least of that desperate earnestness which he has somehow imparted to almost all,—is this little ode or madrigal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 For this latter purpose pieces of moderate length in prose, corresponding to the sonnets, the madrigals, and such-like things in verse, were well suited. A Short History of French Literature The vogue of the song-books was even more ephemeral, and, as in the case of the masque, the Puritan ascendancy, with its distaste for all secular music, effectively put an end to the madrigal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" These were days when the proa went shouting across the empty southern seas to madrigal and choric song. Where the Pavement Ends There was a time when what we now call "old English" rounds and catches, glees and madrigals, and all kinds of choral compositions, were popular, in the widest sense of the word. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 You see they are getting tired of sentimental songs, and war songs, and madrigals, and glees. The Night Side of London Outside not a leaf stirred; yet the air was fresh, and the madrigal notes of the birds came to me with a peculiar intensity and clearness. The Last Generation A Story of the Future Petrarchism returned, madrigals came in vogue, the social atmosphere was deodorized again. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Just a thing of puffs and patches Made for madrigals and catches, Not for heart wounds, but for scratches, O Marquise! Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 In addition to these he has written a large number of songs, anthems, part songs, madrigals, and piano pieces, besides music for his choir. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers He had emphatically satirised the sycophancy which estimated literary works by the rank of the author: What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The idle wits frequented the public walks, coquetted, and made madrigals. Priests, Women, and Families Babache, I swear I am a little afraid of that thing of madrigals, as I call Voltaire. Francezka The evening concluded with a number of part songs and madrigals sung by the Moray Minstrels—so called from their chiefly performing at Moray Lodge, the residence of Mr. Arthur Lewis. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. My voice speaks not, in lisping notes, The madrigals of lesser minds! Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today Let us approve the singer of “Shallow rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) He was the purveyor for village songsters, having ever in his pack the most modern and captivating lace and ribbons, and the newest song and madrigal. Old Roads and New Roads Her poems were very numerous, and included specimens of nearly all the minor forms, odes, eclogues, idylls, elegies, chansons, ballads, madrigals, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" In every tavern it soured the sack With discord and with din; But they drowned it all in a madrigal Like this, at The Mermaid Inn. Collected Poems Volume Two Yet I would join thy sorrowing madrigal, Most melancholy cow, and sing of thee Full-hearted through my tears, for, after all 'Tis very kine of you to sing for me. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) The country was pictured as a place of delight, where the sun always shone and the peasants passed their time singing madrigals and indulging in rural pleasures. The Venetian School of Painting The tunes to which these songs are sung, are some of them weird and wild—'barbaric madrigals'—while others are sweet and impressive melodies. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy What is remarkable enough, the men who afterward figured in political life mostly began their career as the authors of madrigals. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Chorus: They drowned it all in a madrigal Like this, at The Mermaid Inn. Collected Poems Volume Two “And what poets Were there to sing you madrigals, and praise Olympia’s eyes?” . . . Italy, the Magic Land And more the boughs wold bend, for ioy to meet her And chanting birds, with madrigals would greet her. Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) There, 'mongst the pigeons of St. Paul's, I muse melodious madrigals, Or loiter where the waters sport 'Mid the cool joys of Fountain Court, Where, undisturbed by sharp "Pip, pip!" Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling He sent me sonnets and madrigals through the post without signature, though in his own handwriting, and denied with asseverations their authorship when questioned. A Romantic Young Lady In this century lived many notable composers, nearly all of whom distinguished themselves in the production of madrigal music. Music and Some Highly Musical People Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers? Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature His poems fill several large volumes, and consist of fables, madrigals, stories from history and mythology, abounding in descriptions, quotations, sentences, and precepts. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) The madrigals "Love guards the roses of thy lips," "My Phillis hath the morning sun," and "Love in my bosom like a bee" are simply unsurpassed for sugared sweetness in English. A History of Elizabethan Literature The prison seemed gay, the view charming, the saddest inscriptions on the walls were madrigals compared to the menacing appearance of the room he had just quitted. The Regent's Daughter Its tall, steep walls are hung with foliage—a trembling, precious arras, which spring will so emblazon with her spruce heraldry that every blowing rod breathes a refreshing madrigal. Jonah and Co. Think, every morning when the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old, melodious madrigals of love! Conservation Reader Perhaps it might be that we rode through woodland in the falling dusk while the nesting birds sang madrigals of love. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The sestines and canzons and madrigals of the sonneteers, for all the beauty of their occasional flashes, have nothing like the gracious and sustained majesty of the "Nativity" piece. A History of Elizabethan Literature Ah, my madrigals," said he, "they will yet be sung to His Majesty, King James. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days Few have it, and yet all are masters now, And each of them can trill out what he calls His ballads, canzonets, and madrigals. The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers Think every morning when the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old, melodious madrigals of love! Birds of the Rockies And the November wind, which piped madrigals in June and lazy melodies all the summer, has done no more than learn brisker braver tunes to befit the coming winter. Chimney-Pot Papers Besides the madrigals included in his sonnets he has left another collection entitled "Madrigals and Epigrams," including pieces both sentimental and satirical. A History of Elizabethan Literature In the long room where the madrigals had been sung on that well-remembered evening when Wilhelmine was installed lady-in-waiting to her Highness, a tall fir-tree was planted in a gilded barrel. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The merchants' parlours over their shops were often the scene of a friendly or family gathering, and more than one sweetly-sung madrigal floated harmoniously out on the evening air. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Whilst I to thee was all in all, Nor Chloe might with Lydia vie, Renowned in ode or madrigal, Not Roman Ilia famed as I. He. Horace Still, this old woman enjoyed the fruit trees' budding promise as she patted along the railroad, and perhaps some old thrill shot again as a meadow-lark uttered his short, rich madrigal from the weather-darkened fence. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science There was a madrigal by the choir, and a glee for four male voices, and a duet for soprano and mezzo, and then came the item for which Diana was waiting: The Moonlight Sonata, ....... A harum-scarum schoolgirl One day it was announced from the castle that her Highness had commanded a famous troupe of Italian musicians to perform a series of madrigals before the court. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg But Lenski madrigals ne'er wrote In Olga's album, youthful maid, To purest love he tuned his note Nor frigid adulation paid. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse She had the gift of music, and, sometimes on the journey, would break out with a catch or madrigal by Marot, Caillette, or herself. Under the Rose In one ear a butcher yells a madrigal concerning his little shoulders. Nights in London There are a hundred and five sonnets altogether, interspersed with twenty-six madrigals, five sestines, twenty-one elegies, three ‘canzons,’ and twenty ‘odes,’ one in sonnet form. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles She must not go to this madrigal singing, I tell you!' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Gliding in negligent career, He bending whispered in her ear Some madrigal not worth a rush, And pressed her hand—the crimson blush Upon her cheek by adulation Grew brighter still. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse They were simple old glees and madrigals, and no doubt the surroundings helped, but Jack sat listening and thinking he had never heard music so sweet and beautiful before. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy It was a madrigal this time, airy and changing, and sung by four men, one of whom had a beautiful male contralto, which is a rarity even in Italy. Stradella The incidental choruses, sung by the People and the Apostles, are short and vivacious in character, many of them being in madrigal form. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers They sang us old-time motettes, madrigals, ballads, and we were taken back to our own country by the soothing harmonies of Weelkes. From a Terrace in Prague Whene'er a brilliant courtly dame Presents her quarto amiably, Despair and anger seize on me, And a malicious epigram Trembles upon my lips from spite,— And madrigals I'm asked to write! Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse April sunshine shimmered all about: trees were bustling into leaf, a wagonload of bananas stood by the curb and the huckster sang a gay, persuasive madrigal. Pipefuls Mr. Hogarth's strict attention to propriety of scenery, is evinced by the cracked plaistering of the walls, broken window, and uneven floor, in the miserable habitation of this poor weaver of madrigals. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency Not very romantic, certainly, but a most pleasant spot, with the sound of the "shallow river" gliding by, and of many a bird that "sang madrigals" in the meadows opposite. Olive A Novel I have to rush indoors now and help to dress the 'Elizabethan' girls for the final madrigal. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Nobody else knew what a madrigal was, so they took Noreen's word for it, and allowed her to retire in favor of Edith, who had also been trying to cultivate the muse of poetry. The Princess of the School Under every flower a space was left open for a madrigal on the subject of the flower there painted. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 There were two ways of taking that vow, and a man like Caponsacchi, with "that superior gift of making madrigals," need not choose the harder one. Browning's Heroines He wrote new accompaniments to the airs in the "Beggar's Opera," also various elegies, ballads, anthems, glees, and madrigals. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians It was now after five o'clock, and a procession of girls in Elizabethan costume came on to the field to sing the final madrigal which was to wind up the fête. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story "It's one of those old-fashioned sort of things—I believe you call them madrigals," she ventured. The Princess of the School It is described to be "a manuscript on vellum, composed of twenty-nine flowers painted by one Robert, under which are inserted madrigals by various authors." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The three poets, with three lutes, were singing a madrigal in her honour. Little Novels of Italy He was a member of a reunion of Rosati, who sang madrigals and admired one another's bad verses. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre Among her other works are a concert overture, a string quartette, violin and 'cello sonatas, some five-voiced madrigals, with various piano pieces and songs. Woman's Work in Music You Jerome—M. de Greville," she begged pardon with a sudden glance at me, "You, M. de Greville, will doubtless favor us with a well-turned madrigal. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV The following elegant translation of a Spanish madrigal of the kind here criticised I found in a newspaper, but it is evidently by a master-hand. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 A large number of madrigals have come down to us from this great master; among them is the one called "Matona, Lovely Maiden," which is one of the most beautiful part songs in existence. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The madrigals of Voltaire and of the gallant poets of that gallant era are not forgotten. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The madrigal differed from this only in dealing with secular subjects. Woman's Work in Music Perhaps she would soon be down—should he write the madrigal he had promised her? The Child of Pleasure The very music of the church went out into the world and became earthly in the madrigals of love. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Willaert is regarded by many as the founder of the madrigal, of which there is more to be said presently. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The weather is as perfect as a perfect work of art—as perfect as one of my own incomparable madrigals. The Lady Paramount That these old madrigals, with their flowing parts and melodic imitations, are not unpleasing to modern ears, has been often proven. Woman's Work in Music Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal, And sweetened every musk-rose of the dale. Milton's Comus In these works the choruses were set to music in the madrigal style and they were frequently of great beauty. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera He was a very prolific composer of motettes and madrigals, and after resigning his position at St. Mark's went to the Court of Parma, where he died at the age of forty-nine. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Could be sung as a two-part madrigal quite easily. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries For a little while they seemed to be busy practising a madrigal. A Book of Quaker Saints A madrigal is a secular vocal composition having from three to eight parts. Music Notation and Terminology At the time of the full development of the madrigal the serious and humorous elements which dwelt together in the frottola separated completely. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Among his greater works are ninety-three masses, a very large number of motettes, forty-five hymns for the whole year, sixty-eight offertories, and a large number of litanies, magnificats and madrigals. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The metaphor is of an anthem or madrigal, say in four parts. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries His gay maidens, were they at this moment singing over some new madrigal prepared to greet him on his return? A Book of Quaker Saints The term part-song is often loosely applied to glees, madrigals, etc. Music Notation and Terminology Some had twelve, some fourteen and some even sixteen strings, so that madrigals and compositions both chromatic and diatonic could be performed and a fine harmony produced. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Some have derived it from Mary, and point to the sacred madrigals, many of which were composed by all the contrapuntal writers. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Come, and where these runnels fall, Listen to my madrigal! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan A glee is a vocal composition in three or more parts, being usually more simple in style than the madrigal, and sometimes having more than one movement. Music Notation and Terminology Fully a century later compositions "da cantare e sonare" betray to us the fact that bodies of instruments performing without voices merely played the madrigals which at other times were sung. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera A madrigal was a secular composition, generally devoted to love, but in polyphonic style, and in one of the ecclesiastical modes. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present We hear the echo of those songs; and in some towns at Christmas or the New Year old madrigals still sound in praise of Oriana and of Phyllis and the country life. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Come, and where these runnels fall, Listen to my madrigal! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan It is written in monophonic rather than in polyphonic style, thus differing from the madrigal and glee. Music Notation and Terminology The Italian madrigal had a specifically Italian character. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The strange modulations, like that from F to E flat in one of Arkadelt's madrigals, are current incidents of the ecclesiastical mode in which they are written. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Music for the classicists; music for the crowd; symphonies and sonatas; ballads and polkas; harmonic societies; choral societies; melodists' clubs; glee clubs; madrigal clubs. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 They circled round, singing; the instant one ceased another took it up, a perfect madrigal. Nature Near London Rodolphe will compose madrigals to you, and we will drink all manner of things to our dead and gone loves, with liberty to resuscitate them. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter That her first experiments were made in the popular madrigal form was to be expected. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera In England this school had a great currency, and the madrigals of the British writers of the seventeenth century are every whit as free and melodious as the best of those of the Italian school. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Perhaps little sailors on life's deep sea Will be the salts of this chemistry, And the lisp of the infantile A, B, C Be the refrain of this madrigal. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z It was made effective in accompanying the madrigal, that delightful flower of the Elizabethan age. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music And he began to sing madrigals to Mademoiselle Amelie, and persuaded her that she was the prettiest woman in the world. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter In this spectacle was heard the solo madrigal for Sileno already mentioned. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Everybody wrote madrigals who ever wrote music at all. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present With even the smallest of voices she should join a choir or madrigal society and learn to sing at sight. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. We tramped laboriously to the top of the field and as the wind bore down upon us it carried upon its bosom a mad madrigal of hymns, prayers, curses, blasphemy, and raucous shouting. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben He upheld Bononcini in the great madrigal controversy, and appears to have wearied Handel by his repeated visits. The Great German Composers Nevertheless we learn from Malvezzi's publication that the pieces were all written in the madrigal style, frequently in numerous voice parts. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Toward the latter part of the sixteenth century certain attempts were made in Italy at something resembling our opera, but in place of solo pieces by any of the performers there were madrigals. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present I can smile," quoth Ganymede, "at the sonettos, canzones, madrigals, rounds and roundelays, that these pensive patients pour out when their eyes are more full of wantonness, than their hearts of passions. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy Then he dwells in marble halls, with pleasing fountains, by whose falls all sorts of birds sing madrigals. Lost Leaders We simply do not know how they played these anthems, masses, and madrigals, in the absence of any indication of either the time or the emphasis. Musical Memories An illuminative fact in the history of the madrigal drama is the growth of the comic element. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera When Juliet, for example, would soliloquize upon the balcony, she did so in a madrigal, the remaining four parts being carried by chambermaids inside. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Away to your study, I advise you; invoke your muses, and make madrigals upon absence. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 To Palestrina's masses and madrigals, Rameau's and Couperin's clave�in pieces, and all of Bach, we can still listen without this sense of incongruity. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University But the dance tunes of the time, on which, perhaps, erudition was not used sufficiently, were written in the same polyphonic style and with the same rigid correctness as the madrigals and the church music. Musical Memories Musicians went forward with the madrigal till they found themselves in Vecchi's day confronted with a genuine reductio ad absurdum. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera There was a grand wedding in Venice in 1595, at which the music consisted of madrigals, all in slow time and minor key. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Nay, nay, leave but your madrigal behind: draw not that upon us, and it is no matter for your sword. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 What had been weakness and license in the madrigal became strength and beauty in the opera. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. With this thought, all the epigrams written against the little sex—for it is antiquated nowadays to say the fair sex—ought to be disarmed of their point and changed into madrigals of eulogy! The Physiology of Marriage, Complete We shall in all likelihood better understand this after a survey of the labors of the dominant figure of the artistic period of the humorous madrigal drama. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera In the madrigal and motette the conditions were wholly unsuited to the development of this part of music. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present On the strength of this suspicion his papers were seized, and all the sonnets, madrigals, and canzones that were supposed to give countenance to it, confiscated. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood "Mademoiselle, each has its time and place, the battle and the madrigal, Homer and Voiture, and besides, I never play when I fight;" and De Gramont continued his thrumming. The Grey Cloak From beneath in the house came the sound of singing, from the tavern parlour where boys were performing madrigals. Come Rack! Come Rope! Further directions for the performance of a madrigal drama by Vecchi tell us that when 201 a single person speaks on the stage, all the musical parts join in representing him. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera We possess only eight books of madrigals, a volume of canzonettes, the complete edition of "Orpheus," and a quantity of church music. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present His "gloire" as he called it, was his passion, not only in war and in government, where it meant something, but in buildings and furniture, dress and dinners, madrigals and bon-mots. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 The air is charged with amatory numbers— Soft madrigals, and dreamy lovers' lays. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs But it was therefore a poetic exercise, no more significant, Purney complained, than a madrigal. A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) The madrigal was now the solo form with an instrumental accompaniment made from the under voices, and this solo form was not used in the madrigal drama. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Marlowe is the author of the pleasant madrigal, called by Izaak Walton "that smooth song": Come live with me and be my love. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction He bound himself to pay for his quarterly allowance in quarterly madrigals, ballads, or sonnets. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Yet until the shadows fall Over one and over all, Sing a merry madrigal— Fal la! Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Indeed the madrigal drama died hard and its final burial was not accomplished till the opera had begun to take shape more 206 definite than that found in the experimental productions of its founders. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Thomas Westwood, in an agreeable little madrigal, pictures the daisies: "All their white and pinky faces Starring over the green places." The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal He will be for you and against you; eager, slow; a wooer, a scorner; a singer of madrigals, ah, and a croaker afterwards. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Radley will lead off the madrigal to springtide and love," he cried, "which erstwhile has been spoiled for lack of a voice that can be heard alone from such a height. For the Faith It was merry lying where were glimpses of blue sky, where the leaves quivered and a squirrel chattered and a robin sang a madrigal. Audrey While the madrigal drama was in the ripeness of its glory the young Florentine coterie which brought the opera to birth was engaged in its experiments with monody. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Some really beautiful madrigals exist, but Purcell could have done almost if not quite as well without them. Purcell "I remember it well," said Andrew; "it was a madrigal in your praise, and no bad one either." The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes Now, the national music of our country is for the most part adapted to words of this description, and the anthem, the madrigal, and glee, are thus necessarily deficient in dramatic power and expression. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Hot From a war of words, I heeded not Whither I went, till I heard him twang A madrigal under the lattice where Only the night before I sang. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 In regard to the choruses, then, we must 102 bear in mind the well established characteristics of the madrigal dramas of the sixteenth century. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera There is no difference between the sacred motets and the secular madrigals of the early polyphonists. Purcell In that way, making his madrigals and confessing fine ladies, he lived for four years. The Poetry Of Robert Browning These pieces seem to have given birth to that passion for madrigals which was afterwards so prevalent, and thus became the models of contemporary musicians. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 He went down the double row of portraits that began with Sir Thomas, the maker of madrigals, and ended with Sir Frederick, the father of Lucia. The Divine Fire The Netherlands musicians began early to write secular songs in a style which eventually developed into the madrigal. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera For thus he told me on a day, Trim are thy sonnets, gentle Gay, And certes, mirth it were to see Thy joyous madrigals twice three, With preface meet and notes profound. Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) His father set psalms to music, his sister wrote madrigals, and his mother played sweet strains on a harp to waken him at morningtide. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors This master composed several madrigals, but, like his predecessors, he devoted himself principally to sacred composition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Quavers were common property in all musical countries quite early in the 16th century, and semiquavers appear in a madrigal of Palestrina published in 1574. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 It was from such works that he advanced to the composition of the madrigal of which he was so famous a composer and which he raised to the dignity of an art work. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The village-girls, singing wild madrigals, Dip their white vestments in its waters clear, And hang them to the sun. Poems He was very busy with a swagger-cane, drawing in the sand, far too intent to note her approach, and as he drew he hummed a madrigal in his soft voice. The Rocks of Valpre Are there not also choral and madrigal societies, glee-clubs, and concerts innumerable, in every part of the country? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Thus were attained the motet forms and the Mass, and, when the method was applied to secular words, the madrigal. Haydn They made their march of a century on the very verge of the promised land, but they had to lose themselves in the bewitching wilderness of the madrigal drama before they found their Moses. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Alice tossed her head in a petulant silence; and a madrigal by the college choir checked any further remarks from Mr. Pryce. Lady Connie And then, He is a prince of gentlemen;— He, too, can ride and fence and write Sonnets and madrigals, yet fight No worse for that— NINETTE I know your man. The Bed-Book of Happiness For Mary was the "librarian" of the glee and madrigal club; Mary never missed a rehearsal, though she cared no more for music than she cared for the National Debt. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories And now in the strains, slow and faster, sounds the sigh above and below, all in a madrigal of woe. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Their endeavors to escape the contrapuntal music of the madrigal drama were the labors of men consciously confronting conditions which had been surely, if not boldly, moving toward their own rectification. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera After the madrigal came a general move for refreshments, which were set out in the college library and in the garden. Lady Connie Think, every morning where the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old, melodious madrigals of love! The New North A glee and madrigal club naturally comprises women as well as men; and the women are apt to be youngish, prettyish, and somewhat fond of music. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories In spirited retorts the martial madrigal proceeds, but it is not all mere war and courage. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Certain it is that, despite the earlier publications of Petrucci, the madrigal became dominant in Italy after the advent of Willaert. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera In the mouth of Sixtus V., when anathematizing Elizabeth, malediction turned to madrigal. The Man Who Laughs He was fond of experimenting in Latin lyrical forms, and wrote many madrigals and sonnets. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England But this is only to give a merrier ring to the bright madrigal that follows in sweetly clashing higher wood, with the trip still in the violins. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies We are therefore to understand that in the plays about to be mentioned the madrigal style prevailed in the music. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Towards the end of the sixteenth, and beginning of the seventeenth, century, shone that constellation of English musicians, whose inimitable madrigals are still, and long will be, the delight of every lover of vocal harmony. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832 Nick mocked the wild bird, called again with a mellow, warbling trill, and then struck up the quaint old madrigal with the bird's song running through it. Master Skylark Then the clarinet joins in a quiet madrigal of tender phrases. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Much misinformation concerning this madrigal drama has been disseminated by the comfortable process of repeating without scrutiny errors early fastened upon histories of music. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera He tries his hand at everything—songs, madrigals, elegies, complaints, and sonnets—and he takes his models from both ancient Rome and modern Italy. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The madrigal is a piece of vocal music adapted to words of an amorous or cheerful cast, composed for four, five, or six voices, and intended for performance in convivial parties or private musical societies. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832 Only the old madrigal, with its half-forgotten words that other generations sang before they fell asleep. Master Skylark And the clarinet returns with its mystic madrigal of melody; now the Adagio theme enters and gives it point and meaning. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies All of these are set to madrigal music in five parts. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera This, as we shall see, is chiefly the fault of his first editor, who printed all the sonnets and madrigals as though they were addressed to one woman or another. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Yet until the shadows fall Over one and over all, Sing a merry madrigal - Fal la! Songs of a Savoyard Yet until the shadows fall Over one and over all, Sing a merry madrigal— A madrigal! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan In slower pace and hush of sound sings a madrigal of tender phrases. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies His "Saggezia Giovenile," produced somewhat later, is equipped with a preface containing full directions as the method of performing a madrigal drama. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera In addition to the splendid devotional sonnets addressed to Vasari, which will appear in their proper place, I may corroborate these remarks by the translation of a set of three madrigals bearing on the topic. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The air is charged with amatory numbers - Soft madrigals, and dreamy lovers' lays. Songs of a Savoyard And who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers? Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England Strangely, after the full returning dance, an epilogue of the ballad appears over a drone, as of bagpipe, through all the harmony of the madrigal. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies It is not essential to the purpose of this work that the story of "L'Amfiparnaso" or any of the other important madrigal dramas should be told. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera He composed several pieces, madrigals and sonnets, under the genial influence of this exchange of thoughts. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Not a day passed but she received seven or eight thousand sonnets, and as many elegies, madrigals, and songs, which were sent her by all the poets in the world. The Blue Fairy Book A Song of the Princess The princess has her lovers, A score of knights has she, And each can sing a madrigal, And praise her gracefully. Helen of Troy and Other Poems At last the first violins, paired in octave with the cello, sing the full melody in a madrigal of lesser strains. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Why, then, did not these young reformers find at hand in the madrigal arranged for solo voice the suggestion for their line of lyric reconstruction? Some Forerunners of Italian Opera This we discover from the innumerable variants of the same madrigal or sonnet which he made, and his habit of returning to them at intervals long after their composition. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal, And sweetened every musk-rose of the dale. L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas Better still than this, the novelist could take the watchword from the sociologist, just as Mascarilla put Roman history into madrigals, she was able to put Pierre Leroux's philosophy into novels. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings A little later, dolce amabile in a madrigal of wood and strings, we may see the gentlemanly devil, the gallant. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Partly by reason of the confusion caused by obedience to old polyphonic customs in making the accompaniments, and 214 partly because the madrigal had become a field for the display of vocal agility. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera He also began to write sonnets, madrigals, and epitaphs, which were sent from day to day. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti "And we will sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals—"_ But the girl shook her small, wise head decisively. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Why, at St. Germain he has seen me surrounded by adorers; the subject of more madrigals than would fill a big book. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger It is the full blossoming in richest madrigal of all the themes of tenderness and passion in an aureole of glowing harmonies. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies These amateurs became convinced that there was no longer any satisfaction to be drawn from the old way of singing the soprano part of madrigals and turning the other parts into an instrumental accompaniment. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Honest Walton mentions the said madrigal under the denomination of "certain smooth verses made long since by Kit Marlow." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 They are often also resolved into merely quantitative categories, such as little picture, picture, statuette, group, madrigal, song, sonnet, garland of sonnets, poetry, poem, story, romance, and the like. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Your vulgar London lover cannot understand platonics—the affection which is satisfied with a smile or a madrigal. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger As to themal relation,—one feels like regarding it all as inspired madrigal, where the maze and medley is the thing, where the tunes are not meant to be distinguished. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Where we will sit upon the Rocks, And see the Shepherds feed our flocks, By shallow Rivers, to whose falls Mellodious birds sing madrigals. The Complete Angler 1653 Anything so full of wit as your madrigals? The Learned Women His masses, motets, and hymns are tolerably well known amongst lovers of the old composers; but Mr. Coleridge used to speak with delight of some of Palestrina's madrigals which he heard at Rome. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The reaction in lyric form showed itself in the decay of sonnet, pastoral and madrigal, in the neglect of blank verse, in the development of the couplet. A Study of Poetry And thus he sings his poetic dedication:— 'To thee, that art the Summer's Nightingale, Thy sovereign goddess's most dear delight, Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite? The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded The preziose held weekly receptions at their houses, and assembled poets and cavaliers from all quarters, who entertained the ladies with their lampoons and gallantries, their madrigals and gossip, their sonnets and their repartees. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions Besides these, Ariosto, Tasso, Machiavelli, and Michael Angelo, whose genius was practiced in more ambitious tasks, did not disdain to shape and polish such diminutive gems as the canzone, the madrigal, and the sonnet. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Think, every morning, when the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the, grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old melodious madrigals of love! The Canadian Elocutionist The popularity of such song-forms as the "madrigal," which was sung without musical accompaniment, made it easy for the public stage to cater to the prevalent taste. A Study of Poetry Both the music and words of "O Death, rock me to sleep" are said to be by Anne Boleyn: "Stay, Corydon" and "Sweet Honey-sucking Bees" by Wildye, "the first of madrigal writers." The Pleasures of Life They were trained in its school, and had employed it themselves most skilfully in their madrigals. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama So do I. Theirs is music fit for men: worthy of the age of heroes, of Drake and Raleigh, Spenser and Shakspeare: but oh that you could hear this madrigal! Prose Idylls, New and Old Often did he sing tender madrigals as they together sauntered in the woods and indulged in pastoral pursuits. The Tragedies of the Medici So Croisilles, having reached Honfleur, embarked with a satisfied heart, his money and his madrigal in his pocket, and as soon as he jumped ashore ran to the paternal house. International Short Stories: French Then he raised his old, battered instrument, and began to play one of the wild madrigals of the border. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier But I must content myself now with a little madrigal, the only one fit for my purpose. England's Antiphon Honest Walton mentions the said madrigal under the denomination of "certain smooth verses made long since by Kit Marlowe." The Best Letters of Charles Lamb The madrigals that welled up in his soft heart must sing themselves in the silence of the night, in the camp yonder, with no ears to comprehend, no heart to melt to them. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Mr. S., in particular, was so joyous that I was afraid he would break out into song, after the fashion of Sir Hugh Evans,— "Melodious birds sung madrigals: Whenas I sat in Babylon," &c. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 And Chloe, too, is disconsolate, when she no longer sees the crook of her shepherd, or hears the madrigals he sings. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier That is my special talent; I am at present engaged in turning the whole Roman history into madrigals. The Pretentious Young Ladies Three hundred years ago Orazio Vecchi composed a burlesque madrigal in the severe style of that day, in which he tried to depict the babel of sounds in a synagogue. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time To all this goodly company I sing as best I may, A madrigal of ladies fair And damsels soote and gay. Margery — Complete At dessert he talks of gallantry more than of politics, makes more madrigals than epigrams. The Physiology of Taste Uncle Edward had preached his first sermon at the age of eight from that old gray boulder; and Aunt Julia, whose voice was to delight thousands, sang her earliest madrigals there. The Story Girl Cometh he with a madrigal or other light poesy that he would set out on the press, he shall find one that has charge of such matters and can discern their true value. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy DAW: I would be loth to lose my right arm, for writing madrigals. Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman They repeat her bon mots, write odes and madrigals to her beauty, and hang up her portrait in their houses. Joseph II. and His Court All afternoon we wandered "by shallow rivers to whose falls melodious birds sang madrigals." See America First Villona, with immense respect, began to discover to the mildly surprised Englishman the beauties of the English madrigal, deploring the loss of old instruments. Dubliners "Tut!" exclaimed Varin, "who cares for things that have no more point in them than a dumpling! give us a madrigal, or one of the devil's ditties from the Quartier Latin!" The Golden Dog New madrigals in each soft pulsing throat— New life upleaping to the brooding air— Still the heart answers to that questing note, "Soul of the vanished years, O where! where! where!" The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 Once more the starlight is silvering all; The roses sleep by the garden wall; The night bird warbles his madrigal, And I hear again through the sweet air fall The evening bugle-call. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 And if any poet knew her, He would sing of her with falls Used in lovely madrigals. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, light and trifling in comparison of the English—more proper for sonnets, madrigals, and elegies than heroic poetry. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry And, not long after, what madrigals and allusions! The Ancient Regime Another thrush may there rehearse The madrigals which sweetest are; No more for me! myself afar Do sing a sadder verse. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 This ferment of intellectual life was one of the signs of the times, but it led to no more definite and tangible results than the turning of a madrigal or the sparkle of an epigram. The Women of the French Salons The English knew how to play once, in the days of Queen Elizabeth; then they had masques and madrigals and Morris dances and music. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches "I never liked madrigals, either in prose or verse, signed or anonymous," she returned, rather dryly. Samuel Brohl and Company Rousseau, in labored periods, preaches the charms of an uncivilized existence, while other masters, between two madrigals, fancy the delight of sleeping naked in the primeval forest. The Ancient Regime They published whole libraries, controversy, casuistry, history, treatises on optics, Alcaic odes, editions of the fathers, madrigals, catechisms, and lampoons. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 They improvised sonnets and madrigals; they praised each other in verse; they wrote long letters on the slightest pretext. The Women of the French Salons The airiest and most fugitive among Petrarch's love-poems, so far as I know,—showing least of that air of earnestness which he has contrived to impart to almost all,—is this little ode or madrigal. Oldport Days He exclaimed, "You took this letter for a madrigal?" Samuel Brohl and Company At my grandmother's I have found boxes full of couplets, madrigals and biting satires.... The Ancient Regime He did not get to the Rhine Campaign; nor indeed ever to anything, except to writing madrigals, and being very futile, dissolute and miserable with what of talent Nature had given him. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 But this vain and self-willed woman read Virgil and Terence in the original, was devoted to Greek tragedies, dipped into philosophy, traversed the surface of many sciences, turned a madrigal with facility, and talked brilliantly. The Women of the French Salons "That is a madrigal," she said, laughing, "which rings of the Court rather than the Polytechnique." The Chouans After a madrigal or two, and an Italian song of Master Frank's, all which went sweetly enough, the ladies rose, and went. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth I folded this kind of madrigal in prose, and sent it by Joseph, who handed it to Marguerite herself; she replied that she would send the answer later. Camille There will we sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, by whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. Sonnets on Sundry Notes of Music Think, every morning when the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old, melodious madrigals of love! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Another thrush may there rehearse The madrigals which sweetest are; No more for me!—myself afar Do sing a sadder verse. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Steal soft from lap to lap, --A little great man in a circle small, Or navigate, with madrigals for sails, Blown gently windward by old ladies' sighs? Cyrano De Bergerac In his valuable monograph on "Music in Shakespeare's Time"* he shows a minute knowledge of Elizabethan music, — madrigals, dances, catches, and other forms of instrumental and vocal music. A Biography of Sidney Lanier |
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