motet

[ moh-tet ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Music.

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

motet

/ məʊˈtɛt /

Origin of motet¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French; mot, -et

Origin of motet¹

C14: from Old French, diminutive of mot word; see mot ¹

Madam Bruna, an Italian singer, sung the motet, and was well accompanied.

De Linant gave me words proper to the subject, and in a week after I had received them the motet was finished.

A motet of Kuhnau's was given at Zittau under his direction.

One result was an interesting narrative of the visit by M. Motet of Paris.

More free in form was the motet, in which religious subjects were treated in contrapuntal fashion.

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