The main structures and structural devices used in madrigals

Through-composed madrigals-

•  exhibit little or no reference of musical ideas.
• They generally use new music for each stanza or line of text, the composer deveoped musical ideas at the dictate of the meaning of the text.
• commonly repeat the final section but interchange voice parts of equal compass and range
• 'April is in my Mistress' Face by Morley and Wilbye's  'Draw on Sweet Night'  are fine examples of through-composed madrigals.

Strophic form madrigals in which-

• 2 or more verses are set to the same music
• they often include a fa-la-la refrain
• there are 2 clear sections in each verse-AB
• each section is repeated so the from becomes…