Question

Explain briefly what a madrigal was in the Renaissance era.

Answer 1

a part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically arranged in elaborate counterpoint and without instrumental accompaniment. Originally used of a genre of 14th-century Italian songs, the term now usually refers to English or Italian songs of the late 16th and early 17th c., in a free style strongly influenced by the text.

Answer 2

Answer:

Madrigal was a small poetic composition that contains a delicate, tender or gallant thought. During the Renaissance, this musical style contributed to the spread of the profane style inside the churches.

Explanation:

The madrigal addresses heroic, pastoral, and even libertine matters. Due to its flexibility, which no other musical form had offered to the musicians until then, as well as the variety of texts on which it is built, it favors the creative imagination and lyricism of expression. Madrigals began to be sung in Italy at the end of the 13th century and spread throughout Europe in the 16th century influencing most of the musical inventions of the time.