“The move towards a concerted style is seen in Monteverdi's madrigal output.”

“Pike also notes the extensive use of the Phrygian mode in this madrigal, which seems to be consistent with its Classical Greek theme.”

“To secure his footing he offered the Academy in 1728 a madrigal in five voices.”

“He is the brilliant madrigalist who is the secular counterpoint to Palestrina's career in the churches of Rome.”

“Perhaps the most extreme example of insane genius is Carlo Gesualdo, the 16th century madrigalist who was also a sadomasochistic murderer.”

“In general Newman feels that Rossi's madrigals are in an earlier style of composers such as Luca Marenzio.”

“The madrigals of the baroque period were not written for professionals, and neither were Haydn's string quartets.”

“And the ricercars, though performed instrumentally here, were actually printed at the end of a volume of madrigals.”