madrigals

The Sixteen's first instalment of what will be a full survey of the collection concentrates on the second part of the book, though a couple of the spiritual madrigals from the first part are included too and, in fact, the longest work on the disc, a superbly varied seven-part Gloria accompanied by two violins as well as continuo, also comes from the first part, and was probably composed for a special Christmas or Easter mass.

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale – review Andrew Clements 2010

The two volumes of canzone italiane 1574–81 can also for the most part be classified as madrigals; the first volume was twice reprinted, and both volumes appeared in German translation in 1595.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

Complicated contrapuntal pieces, such as we should call madrigals, with ever-recurring refrains of

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

Complicated contrapuntal pieces, such as we should call madrigals, with ever-recurring refrains of "Venezia, gemma Triatica, sposa del mar," descending probably from ancient days, followed each other in quick succession.

New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866

Complicated contrapuntal pieces, such as we should call madrigals, with ever-recurring refrains of

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

Although Lassus lived at the time of the Reformation, when the individual and secular spirit manifested itself more and more in music, and although he interpreted secular poems such as madrigals, chansons, and German lieder, the contents of which were sometimes rather free (as was not infrequently the case in those times), his distinction lies overwhelmingly in his works for the Church.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The madrigals in the second half compensated with lightheartedness, teeming with the frivolous fa-la-la's of love and leisure.

Rodney Punt: Bridges to Somewhere: Master Chorale Embraces Worlds in Los Angeles Rodney Punt 2011

The madrigals in the second half compensated with lightheartedness, teeming with the frivolous fa-la-la's of love and leisure.

Rodney Punt: Bridges to Somewhere: Master Chorale Embraces Worlds in Los Angeles Rodney Punt 2011

Two masses, four hymns, and eight chestnut madrigals constituted the whirlwind survey of the Emerald Isle's vast musical legacy.

Rodney Punt: Bridges to Somewhere: Master Chorale Embraces Worlds in Los Angeles Rodney Punt 2011

She had a mishmash of projects to her name, some poetry, some plays for radio, a rash of creative writing books and I do believe someone mentioned madrigals, but maybe I dreamt that.

Writers in Conversation « Tales from the Reading Room 2009