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English
Etymology
From madrigal + -ist.
Noun
madrigalist (plural madrigalists)
- A composer of madrigals.
2002, Richard E. Spear, From Caravaggio to Artemisia: Essays on Painting in Seventeenth-century Italy and France:The 'Prince of Venosa' referred to in the letter to Albani is the famous archlutist and madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo, and 'Stella' is Gesualdo's protégé, Scipione Stella, who […]
2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord, page 200:A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.
- A singer or interpreter of madrigals.
Synonyms
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French madrigaliste.
Noun
madrigalist m (plural madrigaliști)
- madrigalist
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /madriɡǎlist/
- Hyphenation: ma‧dri‧ga‧list
Noun
madrigàlist m (Cyrillic spelling мадрига̀лист)
- madrigalist (singer of madrigals)
Declension
Declension of madrigalist