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Definition of Motets

Motet
Motet Mo*tet", n. [F., a dim. of mot word; cf. It. mottetto, dim. of motto word, device. See Mot, Motto.] (Mus.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

Meaning of Motets from wikipedia

- text in the upper part(s), creating motets. From these first motets arose a medieval tradition of secular motets. These were two- to four-part compositions...
- French baroque motet types are also very distinct from the medieval motets of Dufay and renaissance motets of L****us, and the German motet style of J. S...
- Motet is an American funk, soul and jazz influenced group based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1998 by drummer and bandleader Dave Watts, The Motet is...
- of the grand motet. Motets for one and two voices with instruments p.viii François Martin (composer), Mary Cyr - 1988 "The petit motet represented a...
- Six Motets may refer to: Six Motets, Op. 82 (Kiel) Six Motets, Songs of Farewell, a composition by Hubert Parry This disambiguation page lists articles...
- Three motets may refer to: Drei Motetten, Op. 39 (Mendelssohn) by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 Three Latin Motets by Charles Villiers Stanford in 1905 This...
- The motet-chanson was a specialized musical form of the Renaissance, developed in Milan during the 1470s and 1480s, which combined aspects of the contemporary...
- Johann Sebastian Bach's vocal music includes cantatas, motets, m****es, Magnificats, P****ions, oratorios, four-part chorales, songs and arias. His instrumental...
- involved setting a chorale melody and text as a motet. Stylistically chorale motets were similar at first to motets composed in Catholic countries, and made...
- in the 16th century, even appearing at the head of the first volume of motets ever printed. Its revolutionary open style featuring early imitative counterpoint...