Melodiouss birds sing Madrigals.

小鸟唱着甜美的情歌。

His other works include motets and madrigals.

他的其它作品包括赞美诗和情歌。

Madrigals were initially concerning dramatic Settings, typically of mythology or unrequited love based on Italian poetry.

牧歌最初关于戏剧性的设置，典型的神话或单相思根据意大利的诗歌。

And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing 3 madrigals.

我们将倚坐在山岩上，观看牧羊人喂养羊群，在小溪边听流水潺潺，听鸟儿和着水声欢唱。

Nancy: Madrigals are short poems set to music, that were popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, but were developed in Italy hundreds of years before that.

小夜曲是一种配短诗的音乐，数百年前兴起于意大利，16、17世纪时在英国流行。

If you look back over it, there was no major or minor in western music up until about sixteenth century, and then people started writing these things called madrigals, that were tied to texts.

如果你追溯历史的话，你会发现到16世纪之前西方音乐明确还没有大调和小调。那时候(16世纪)人们刚刚开始创作牧歌【madrigal】，所有音乐和文字有了密切关系。