Note 12 — Chapter I · MUSIC OF THE EARLY AND MEDIÆVAL CHURCH AND EARLY SECULAR MUSIC
Reading edition
The word madrigal was used at various periods to apply to two other forms in addition to the one here described: (1) the solo madrigal or madrigale concertate con il basso continuo, and (2) the madrigal with accompaniment for several instruments, ‘apt for viols and voyces,’ as the old English song books have it.