motets
Polyphonic church pieces
Motets are choral compositions, typically sacred and unaccompanied, setting a Latin text to polyphonic music.
The form dominated European church music from the medieval period through the Renaissance: Bach's motets remain central to the choral repertoire.
The singular is motet.
Quantity of matter
- vespersEvening devotional service
- antiphonAlternating liturgical song
- introitOpening liturgical music
- offertoryService donation period
communion · proper · ordinary · feast · matins · lauds · compline · canticle
Polar aviation pioneer
- VictoriaFemale monarch's name
- ClemensSurname denoting mercy
- imitationCopy of the original
- VenetianOf or from Venice
Flemish · chapel · manuscript · printing
Simultaneous independent melodies
- voicesSounds producing speech
- imitationCopy of the original
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- contrapuntalInterlocking independent melodies
texture · dissonance · cadence · melisma · homophony · fugue · invertible · augmentation
Sacred scriptural song
- hymnReligious song of praise
- magnificatMary's song of praise
- requiemMass for the deceased
- credoGuiding personal doctrine
devotion · worship · praise · church · chapel · cathedral · congregation · prayer
Named for a pope
- plainchantUnaccompanied liturgical melody
- monophonicHaving one voice
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
manuscripts · codex · parchment · Latin · trope
mass
Quantity of matter
offertory · communion · proper · ordinary · feast · matins · lauds · compline · canticle · psalmody
Byrd
Polar aviation pioneer
Venetian · Flemish · chapel · manuscript · printing
counterpoint
Simultaneous independent melodies
contrapuntal · texture · dissonance · cadence · melisma · homophony · fugue · invertible · augmentation · diminution
psalm
Sacred scriptural song
- hymnReligious song of praise
- magnificatMary's song of praise
- requiemMass for the deceased
credo · devotion · worship · praise · church · chapel · cathedral · congregation · prayer · spiritual
Gregorian
Named for a pope
- plainchantUnaccompanied liturgical melody
- monophonicHaving one voice
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
Notre-Dame · manuscripts · codex · parchment · Latin · trope
choir
Organized group of singers
tenor · bass · conductor · score · octavo · rehearsal · recital · concert · anthem · repertoire
motetssymphonies
Extended compositions for orchestra
sonatas · concertos · orchestral works · fugues · chamber music
motetsmadrigals
Renaissance vocal compositions
chansons · drinking songs · love songs · ballads · villanelles
motetsplainchant
Unaccompanied liturgical melody
Gregorian chant · plainsong · monody · chant · recitative