Motet - Wikipedia In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music
Motet | Vocal Music, Polyphonic Choral Composition | Britannica The motet began in the early 13th century as an application of a new text (i e , “word”) to older music Specifically, the text was added to the wordless upper-voice parts of descant clausulae
Motet Origins and Composers: A Brief History of the Motet A motet is a piece of polyphonic choral music commonly associated with the Renaissance period of classical music The form emerged in the Medieval period as an early form of vocal polyphony
What is a Motet in Music? - California Learning Resource Network The core defining characteristic of the motet is its polyphonic texture – the simultaneous combination of multiple independent melodic lines However, the specific techniques employed within that texture evolved considerably over time
What is a motet? - Classical Music A motet is a sacred choral piece sung in several parts That, at least, is about as close as one can get to a definition of ‘motet’ without excluding whole swathes of repertoire