madrigalist

plural madrigalists

1. A composer of madrigals.

   The 'Prince of Venosa' referred to in the letter to Albani is the famous archlutist and madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo, and 'Stella' is Gesualdo's protégé, Scipione Stella, who […]

   2002, Richard E. Spear, From Caravaggio to Artemisia: Essays on Painting in Seventeenth-century Italy and France

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   A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.

   2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord, page 200

2. A singer or interpreter of madrigals.