madrigalist

[ mad-ri-guh-list ]

noun

1. a composer or singer of madrigals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of madrigalist¹

First recorded in 1780–90; madrigal + -ist

Example Sentences

It seemed an odd programming choice to begin the concert with selections by the greatest madrigalist of all, Monteverdi, and then follow it with music of lesser lights.

From Washington Post

It can be hard to separate the art from the life of Carlo Gesualdo, music's most notorious madrigalist and double murderer.

From The Guardian

But recourse to the madrigalists — and therefore to Gesualdo’s music — diminishes as the evening progresses, and I came to regret the infrequency of their appearances.

From New York Times

They may appear in full concentration and lustre, as in Hamlet or The Faërie Queene; or in fitful and intermittent flashes, as in scores and hundreds of sonneteers, pamphleteers, playwrights, madrigalists, preachers.

From Project Gutenberg

The music of this intermezzo was by Malvezzi, who was a distinguished madrigalist.

From Project Gutenberg