motet

Word family nounmotetmotettist

mo·tet /məʊˈtet $ moʊ-/ noun [countableC]

a piece of music on a religious subject 经文歌

Examples from the Corpus

motet• Mozart had become acquainted with the choirmaster there, Anton Stoll, for whom he wrote the exquisite motet Ave verum corpus.• Latin motets alongside modern crowd-pullers - which brings us back to hymn-singing, where we began.• He transferred the technique to his petits motets, and then to his cantatas.• The motet was replaced by the two forms of anthem, the Mass by the Service.• Five masses and two motets survive.• They are essentially wordless motets, each polyphonic section neatly dovetailed into the next.

Origin motet

(1300-1400) Old French mot “word”

单词	motet
释义	motet Word family nounmotetmotettist mo·tet /məʊˈtet $ moʊ-/ noun [countableC] a piece of music on a religious subject 经文歌 Examples from the Corpus motet• Mozart had become acquainted with the choirmaster there, Anton Stoll, for whom he wrote the exquisite motet Ave verum corpus.• Latin motets alongside modern crowd-pullers - which brings us back to hymn-singing, where we began.• He transferred the technique to his petits motets, and then to his cantatas.• The motet was replaced by the two forms of anthem, the Mass by the Service.• Five masses and two motets survive.• They are essentially wordless motets, each polyphonic section neatly dovetailed into the next. Origin motet (1300-1400) Old French mot “word”
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