Dictionary

madrigalist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English madrigal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English madrigalist From madrigal + -ist.

Meanings

1. A composer of madrigals.
   • 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 […] 2002, Richard E. Spear, From Caravaggio to Artemisia: Essays on Painting in Seventeenth-century Italy and France:
   • 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. 2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord, page 200:
2. A singer or interpreter of madrigals.

Forms

Synonyms

madrigaler

Translations (7)

gl madrigalista (singer of madrigals) · sh madrigàlist (singer of madrigals) · gl madrigalista (composer of madrigals) · fr madrigaliste (composer of madrigals) · fr madrigalier (composer of madrigals) · fr madrigalière (composer of madrigals) · sh магрига̀лист (singer of madrigals)