madrigal

secular vocal music composition of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras
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madrigal

Summary

madrigal is a type of musical work/composition[1]. madrigal ranks in the top 8% of type_of_musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (309 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • madrigal's instance of is recorded as type of musical work/composition[3].
  • madrigal's instance of is recorded as musical form[4].
  • madrigal's instance of is recorded as song form[5].
  • madrigal's instance of is recorded as music genre[6].
  • madrigal followed frottola[7].
  • madrigal is a type of classical music[8].
  • madrigal is a type of polyphony[9].
  • madrigal is a type of music of Europe[10].
  • madrigal is a type of composed musical work[11].
  • madrigal's Commons category is recorded as Madrigals[12].
  • madrigal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Madrigals[13].
  • madrigal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • madrigal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • madrigal's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[16].
  • madrigal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • madrigal's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • madrigal's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[19].
  • madrigal's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of musical work/composition[3], musical form[4], song form[5], and music genre[6]. Recorded subclass of include classical music[8], polyphony[9], music of Europe[10], and composed musical work[11].

Influence

Things named for madrigal include Corul Madrigal[21], a choir[22], in Romania[23].

Why It Matters

madrigal ranks in the top 8% of type_of_musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (309 views/month).[2] madrigal has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] madrigal is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for madrigal include Corul Madrigal[21], a choir[22], in Romania[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of classical music, polyphony, music of Europe +1
    Instance of
    Instance of type of musical work/composition, musical form, song form +1
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 771, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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