18 May 2017

motet

[moh-tet]

noun, Music.

1. a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.

Origin of motet
Middle English, Middle French
1350-1400; Middle English; Middle French; see mot, -et

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Historical Examples

At vespers, the choir sang a motet, and the Magnificat in German, besides leading the congregation in some hymns.
Bach
Charles Francis Abdy Williams

The character and scope of the German motet are thus described by Spitta, vol.
Bach
Charles Francis Abdy Williams

Who would have ventured to apply this motet to the brave and clever Saxon, high as he, too, towered above most of his peers?
Barbara Blomberg, Complete
Georg Ebers

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