The Elizabethan Madrigal Singers is a choir that was founded by Walter Ryan in 1950 at Aberystwyth University. The history of 'The Mads' (as the choir...
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of music for the public. The amateur entertainment function made the madrigal famous, yet professional singers replaced amateur singers when madrigalists...
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William Mathias (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
playing the piano at the age of three and began composing at the age of five. At Aberystwyth University Mathias was a member of the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers...
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Aberystwyth (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
instrumentalists, singers and listeners from the university and the wider community. The University chamber choir, The Elizabethan Madrigal Singers, have been...
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popular during the Elizabethan Era with the importation of Italian musicians and compositions. The music of the late Italian madrigal composers inspired...
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Paul Brandvik, The Choral Journal vol. 19 no. 2, 1978 "Historical Precedents of the Elizabethan Madrigal Dinner" Robert Russell, The Choral Journal,...
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Aneirin Hughes (category Alumni of the University of Wales)
the Aberystwyth Elizabethan Madrigal Singers, for several years. Hughes went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama winning the...
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Song (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
solo singer, a lead singer supported by background singers, a duet, trio, or larger ensemble involving more voices singing in harmony, although the term...
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Thomas Morley (category English madrigal composers)
composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. Referring to the strong Italian...
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and the Gibbons Family of Musicians. London, England: Ashgate Publishing. ISBNÂ 978-1-840-14209-9. Kerman, Joseph (1962). The Elizabethan Madrigal: A Comparative...
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