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Recent Examples of madrigal
This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
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Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St.
Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
—Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
To order, call 561-297-2337 or go to FAUF.FAU.edu/madrigal.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
Two concerts in the Seaport district follow: Italian madrigals by the Franco-Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (a recording of which has just been released) next Friday, and a 15th-century program next Saturday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Her two Rossi madrigals on texts by Giovanni Guarini were strong, heartfelt and rapturous in expression.
—Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
Features madrigals from Books V, VI, VII and VIII, and concertato works from Selva Morale e Spirituale.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St.
Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
—Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
To order, call 561-297-2337 or go to FAUF.FAU.edu/madrigal.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
Two concerts in the Seaport district follow: Italian madrigals by the Franco-Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (a recording of which has just been released) next Friday, and a 15th-century program next Saturday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Her two Rossi madrigals on texts by Giovanni Guarini were strong, heartfelt and rapturous in expression.
—Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
Features madrigals from Books V, VI, VII and VIII, and concertato works from Selva Morale e Spirituale.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for madrigal
Noun
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Archbishop Bernard Hebda addressed some 2,000 people at the vigil, where psalms were sung and the silences burrowed deep in the wide room.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Twin Cities,
28 Aug. 2025
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Kretzmer-Seed felt strongly about the inclusion of psalms from the Hallel service as well as a Spanish-Portuguese prayer for those in captivity, which was originally written for victims of the Spanish Inquisition.—
Marla Brown Fogelman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Eater line is a partnership between Heritage and the food site that launched last year, but six new pieces were added this year, including a mini sauté pan ($120) and a roomy six-quart rondeau pan ($180) that’s perfect for searing, pan roasting, and simmering.—
BYChris Morris,
Fortune,
27 Nov. 2024
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The set includes a saucepan, saucier, frying pan, and 5.2-quart rondeau.—
Molly Allen,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Including 55 serious operas, 6 cantatas, 53 comic operas, 17 operettas, 6 sing-spiele, 4 ballets, 4 vaudevilles, 2 oratorios, one each of fares, pastorales, masques, ballads and buffas.—
WILLIAM ROBIN,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2017
Noun
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This is her elegy, her memorial, her voice, her face.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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Not every elegy comes in the form of a dying fall.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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These tablets from the end of the fourth millennium BCE show that writing did not emerge fully formed overnight, and that it was developed not to write sonnets, but receipts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ginsberg’s incantatory dithyrambs pulled the Beats, Walt Whitman and much of 20th century poetry into view.—
Sesshu Foster,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
Noun
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The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The poem was not by Marlowe, for sure.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.—
Jann E. Freed,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Madrigal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madrigal. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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