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The 18 pages that link to Madrigal, each with the reason it gives.

• Renaissance musicRelated: Its expressive text setting brought polyphony into domestic and courtly life.

• Claudio MonteverdiBroader topic: Monteverdi developed the madrigal into a vehicle for drama and emotional intensity.

• MotetCompared with: Its secular poetic focus contrasts with the motet’s usual sacred Latin texts.

• A cappellaBroader topic: Renaissance madrigals demonstrate intricate ensemble music composed for voices without instruments.

• ChansonCompared with: Like the chanson, it sets vernacular verse polyphonically, but developed through distinct regional traditions.

• Word paintingBroader topic: Renaissance madrigals became a celebrated setting for vivid musical depiction of poetic words.

• Secular musicBroader topic: The madrigal became a major vehicle for sophisticated secular poetry and music.

• Franco-Flemish SchoolRelated: Composers from the Low Countries helped shape the madrigal in Italian musical centers.

• Renaissance polyphonyBroader topic: The madrigal brought intricate vocal writing to vernacular poetry.

• Orlando di LassoRelated: Lasso composed madrigals in Italian, joining a genre central to his secular output.

• SerenadeRelated: Like the serenade, it developed from social singing outside formal church music.

• Adrian WillaertNarrower topic: Willaert’s madrigals helped shape the genre’s expressive treatment of Italian poetry.

• Barbara StrozziRelated: Her published output also includes madrigals, linking her work to an older Italian tradition.

• Carlo GesualdoNarrower topic: Gesualdo’s best-known works belong to the Italian madrigal tradition.

• Orlande de LassusRelated: His Italian madrigals connect his court career to a flourishing secular genre.

• Alessandro Striggio the YoungerNarrower topic: Madrigals were a central genre in Striggio’s output.

• Girolamo FrescobaldiCompared with: His instrumental music adapts expressive gestures associated with vocal madrigals.

• Orlando GibbonsNarrower topic: His English madrigals adapt a continental genre to native poetic and musical styles.