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motet Mus.|məʊˈtɛt|
Forms: 4–5 motete, 5 motide, 7 mottet(t, 7–9 motette, 4– motet. See also mottetto.
[a. F. motet (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), dim. of mot word (see mot). Cf. med.L. motetum, Sp. motete, It. mottetto.]
†a. A melody. Obs.
b. A vocal composition in harmony, set usually to words from Scripture, intended for church use.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 91 Þei don not here sacrifices bi mekenesse of herte..but wiþ knackynge of newe song, as orgen or deschant & motetis of holouris. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 242 The amerous fowlys with motetys and carollys, Salwe that sesoun every morwenyng. 1483Cath. Angl. 244/1 Motide of musyk, modulus. 1597Morley Introd. Mus. 179 A Motet is properlie a song made for the church, either vpon some hymne or Antheme, or such like. 1664Pepys Diary 4 Sept., The boy and I again to the singing of Mr. Porter's mottets. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. xii. 208 The Admission of Hymns or Motets as a Part of divine Service. 1875Ouseley Mus. Form xii. 57 Many of the Motetts of Haydn and Mozart are written strictly in the modern binary form. |