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==Etymology== In the early 20th century, it was generally believed the name came from the Latin movere, (`to move`), though a derivation from the French mot (`word`, or `phrase`), had also been suggested. The Medieval Latin for `motet` is motectum, and the Italian mottetto was also used. If the word is from Latin, the name describes the mo...
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• (n.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
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(French mot: `word`), style of vocal composition that has undergone numerous transformations through many centuries. Typically, it is a Latin ... [14 related articles]
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Mo·tet' noun [ French, a dim. of
mot word; confer Italian
mottetto , dim. of
motto word, device. See
Mot ,
Motto .]
(Mus.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
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A motet is a form of sacred choral composition of moderate length, set to Latin words, and from the 14th century frequently used to supplement the service of high mass. Its music is written in one or other of the old ecclesiastical modes, and the theme is generally of a sacred character, as the melody of a plaint chant; but secular melodies have al...
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Motet generally means a vocal piece with sacred text, musically composed in the style of the period. During the 13th-15th centuries, motets were sacred, unaccompanied choral works, often based on a preexisting melody and text. New melodies were then added to the preexisting melody, usually in counterpoint. Beginning in the 16th century, the preex.....
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n] - an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics
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from the French term `mot ` (word). The medieval motet is a polyphonic genre which originated in the thirteenth century in which the upper voice or voices are texted (usually syllabically) and the bottom voice, the tenor, is untexted. The tenor is usually an excerpt from a solo section of chant (though a few are drawn from secular models), but the...
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noun an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century
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Sacred, polyphonic music for unaccompanied voices in a form that originated in 13th-century Europe
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(1) to ca. 1400, a piece with one or more voices, often with different but related sacred or secular texts, singing over a fragment of chant in longer note-values; (2) after 1400, a polyphonic setting of a short sacred text.
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a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
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