Definition of "madrigals" [madrigals]

• Plural form of madrigal. (noun)

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• "The Sixteen's first instalment of what will be a full survey of the collection concentrates on the second part of the book, though a couple of the spiritual madrigals from the first part are included too and, in fact, the longest work on the disc, a superbly varied seven-part Gloria accompanied by two violins as well as continuo, also comes from the first part, and was probably composed for a special Christmas or Easter mass."
• "The two volumes of canzone italiane 1574–81 can also for the most part be classified as madrigals; the first volume was twice reprinted, and both volumes appeared in German translation in 1595."
• "Complicated contrapuntal pieces, such as we should call madrigals, with ever-recurring refrains of"