English madrigals are sang in English. There are ample word painting just as that in 16th century Italian madrigals (Burkholder et al., 2010). However, unlike 16th century Italian madrigals that were tending towards polyphonic and then monody, English madrigals remained homophonic, which may be influenced by English part-songs (Whent, n.d.). Besides these, English madrigals can receive ample influence from Italian balletto and share many of its features.