madrigalist
IPA: mˈædrɪgʌɫɪst
noun
- A composer of madrigals.
- A singer or interpreter of madrigals.
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Examples of "madrigalist" in Sentences
- Pisano is arguably the first madrigalist.
- Important but neglected madrigalist from Milan.
- As a madrigalist he was inferior to Morley, Wilbye and
- Rinuccini and the music by Luca Marenzio, the famous madrigalist.
- Both a madrigalist and a post Tridentine sacred composer in northern Italy.
- The music of this intermezzo was by Malvezzi, who was a distinguished madrigalist.
- However, a well-known madrigalist, Luzzaschi, was reputed to have played very successfully on this keyboard.
- Principally known for his keyboard works, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) was also an accomplished madrigalist.
- Salvatore Sciarrino is an Italian madrigalist whose microtonal word-painting feels like Monteverdi beneath a high-powered microscope.
- It is likely that at this time he met other musicians in the service of the Gonzagas, particularly Hoste da Reggio, a madrigalist who headed whatever musical establishment Ferrante Gonzaga maintained.