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The English Madrigal School was the intense flowering of the musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced them. The English madrigals were a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or direct translations of Italian models. Most were for three to six voices.

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English Madrigal School

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The English Madrigal School was the intense flowering of the musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced...

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Madrigal

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and English composers, such as John Wilbye (1574–1638), Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623), and Thomas Morley (1557–1602) of the English Madrigal School (1588–1627)...

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English Renaissance

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music of the late Italian madrigal composers inspired native composers who are now labelled as the English Madrigal School. These composers adapted the...

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The Oxford Book of English Madrigals

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contains words and full music for some 60 of the madrigals and songs of the English Madrigal School. When selecting works for this book, Ledger decided...

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Early music of the British Isles

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medieval era and English madrigals, lute ayres, and masques in the Renaissance era, which would lead to the development of English language opera at...

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Classical music

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Roman School engaged in highly sophisticated methods of polyphony in genres such as the madrigal, which inspired the brief English Madrigal School. The...

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Al Madrigal

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Alessandro Liborio Madrigal (born July 4, 1971) is an American comedian, writer, actor and producer. He is a co-founder of the All Things Comedy podcast...

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Thomas Morley

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was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. Referring...

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George Kirbye

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1634) was an English composer of the late Tudor period and early Jacobean era. He was one of the members of the English Madrigal School, but also composed...

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Music in the Elizabethan era

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music of the late Italian madrigal composers inspired native composers who are now labelled as the English Madrigal School. These composers adapted the...

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Orlando Gibbons

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1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best...

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Thomas Tomkins

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of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music, and the last member of the English virginalist school. Tomkins...

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Elizabethan literature

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disseminated more widely in households. See English Madrigal School. Shakespeare also popularised the English sonnet, which made significant changes to...

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Theorbo

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note sounds after the bass were also used when the bass goes high. The English theorbo had just the first string at the lower octave (Thomas Mace). The...

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Thomas Tallis

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was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral...

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Florentine Camerata

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Pieterszoon Sweelinck Composition schools Burgundian Colorists English Madrigal School English Virginalist School Florentine Camerata Franco-Flemish...

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Renaissance music

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musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced them, is known as the English Madrigal School. The English madrigals...

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Canzonetta

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of the English Madrigal School were entitled canzonets, and although Thomas Morley referred to it specifically as a lighter form of madrigal in his writings...

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Chitarra Italiana

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Pieterszoon Sweelinck Composition schools Burgundian Colorists English Madrigal School English Virginalist School Florentine Camerata Franco-Flemish...

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Madrigal dinner

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A Madrigal Dinner or Madrigal Feast is a form of Renaissance dinner theater often held by schools and church groups during the Christmas season. It is...

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Vanguard Records

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and earlier works, pieces from the English Madrigal School performed by the Deller Consort, Italian and French madrigal masterpieces, Elizabethan and Jacobean...

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Jamby Madrigal

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Maria Ana Consuelo Abad Santos Madrigal-Valade (born April 26, 1958), better known as Jamby Madrigal, is a Filipina politician and businesswoman. She...

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Ellis Gibbons

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1573 – 14? May 1603) was an English composer of the late Renaissance who was associated with the English Madrigal School. Born in Cambridge to a musical...

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Index of Renaissance articles

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Elizabethan leisure - Elizabethan literature - English Madrigal School - English Renaissance - English Renaissance theatre - Estoc - Europa regina - European...

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British literature

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printed literature was disseminated more widely in households (see English Madrigal School). During the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and then James I...

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Margarita Madrigal

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Margarita Madrigal (May 15, 1912 – July 23, 1983) was a Costa Rican American author and language teacher best known for the Madrigal's Magic Key to......

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