motetn.

Brit.

/məʊˈtɛt/, U.S.

/moʊˈtɛt/

Forms: Middle English mootete, Middle English motete, Middle English motide (transmission error), Middle English motyte, Middle English– motet, 1600s mottet, 1600s mottett, 1600s–1800s motette, 1700s– motett.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French motet.

Etymology: < Middle French motet a vocal composition, especially a polyphonic piece for liturgical use (mid 13th cent. in Old French; c1200 in sense ‘little word’) < Old French mot mot n.² + -et -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin motetus (13th cent.; from c1320 in British sources), Italian mottetto (early 14th cent.: compare motetto n.), Old Occitan motet, Spanish motete (1335), Catalan motet (1380), Portuguese motete (15th cent.), probably all ultimately after Old French motet.

Music.

A short vocal composition, esp. a polyphonic piece for liturgical use or for setting a religious text. In early use also more generally: †a melody, a song (obsolete). Also in extended use.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > melody or succession of sounds > [noun] > a melody

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society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > motet > [noun]

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > motet

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xlvii. 11 He made to stonden singeris aȝen þe awter, & in þe sown of þem he made sweete mootetis [a1425 Corpus Oxf. motetes; L. modos].

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. 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.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 14272 ‘I am komen ffor to here..A lytel motet with your grace.’ And whan the Ravene hadde herknyd wel The ffoxys speche euerydel,..ffor to synge she dyde hyr peyne.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 285 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 340 (MED) Thamerous foules with motytes and carolles Salue this sesoun.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 244 Motide [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 A Mote] of musyk, modulus.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 179 A Motet is properlie a song made for the church, either vpon some hymne or Antheme, or such like.

1607 T. Campion Discr. Maske Ld. Hayes (stage direct.) Chappell voices sung a sollemne motet of sixe parts made vpon these wordes.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 4 Sept. (1971) V. 261 The boy and I again to the singing of Mr. Porter's mottets.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 208 The Admission of Hymns or Motets as a Part of divine Service.

1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music ii. 93 (note) King Henry composed a Motett beginning Quam Pulchra es.

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 71 I have had pretty nearly my fill of motets, and Kyrie eleisons.

1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form xii. 57 Many of the Motetts of Haydn and Mozart are written strictly in the modern binary form.

1955 Times 9 May 3/4 No Bach motet, no big madrigal, no massive contrapuntal anthem of Purcell or Wesley, nothing strong, relieved a succession of prettily sung choral songs.

1988 Jrnl. Royal Music Assoc. 113 274 The motet was the one form of sacred music in which an Italian composer of the early decades of the seventeenth century could combine a certain freedom of textual choice with an adventurousness of modern idiom.

2001 Sunday Times (Electronic ed.) 10 June (Culture section) Both of them draw comparisons with the modest setting of the motet Laudate Pueri Dominum, for soprano solo, two violins and bass continuo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	motet
释义	motetn. Brit. /məʊˈtɛt/, U.S. /moʊˈtɛt/ Forms: Middle English mootete, Middle English motete, Middle English motide (transmission error), Middle English motyte, Middle English– motet, 1600s mottet, 1600s mottett, 1600s–1800s motette, 1700s– motett. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French motet. Etymology: < Middle French motet a vocal composition, especially a polyphonic piece for liturgical use (mid 13th cent. in Old French; c1200 in sense ‘little word’) < Old French mot mot n.² + -et -et suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin motetus (13th cent.; from c1320 in British sources), Italian mottetto (early 14th cent.: compare motetto n.), Old Occitan motet, Spanish motete (1335), Catalan motet (1380), Portuguese motete (15th cent.), probably all ultimately after Old French motet. Music. A short vocal composition, esp. a polyphonic piece for liturgical use or for setting a religious text. In early use also more generally: †a melody, a song (obsolete). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > melody or succession of sounds > [noun] > a melody notec1300 warblec1374 moteta1382 tunea1387 measurea1393 modulationa1398 prolation?a1425 gammec1425 proportion?a1505 laya1529 stroke1540 diapason?1553 strain1579 cantus1590 stripe1590 diapase1591 air1597 pawson1606 spirit1608 melody1609 aria1742 refrain1795 toon1901 sounds1955 klangfarbenmelodie1959 society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > motet > [noun] motet1597 motettoc1660 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > motet motet1597 motettoc1660 song motet1942 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xlvii. 11 He made to stonden singeris aȝen þe awter, & in þe sown of þem he made sweete mootetis [a1425 Corpus Oxf. motetes; L. modos]. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. 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. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 14272 ‘I am komen ffor to here..A lytel motet with your grace.’ And whan the Ravene hadde herknyd wel The ffoxys speche euerydel,..ffor to synge she dyde hyr peyne. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 285 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 340 (MED) Thamerous foules with motytes and carolles Salue this sesoun. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 244 Motide [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 A Mote] of musyk, modulus. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 179 A Motet is properlie a song made for the church, either vpon some hymne or Antheme, or such like. 1607 T. Campion Discr. Maske Ld. Hayes (stage direct.) Chappell voices sung a sollemne motet of sixe parts made vpon these wordes. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 4 Sept. (1971) V. 261 The boy and I again to the singing of Mr. Porter's mottets. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 208 The Admission of Hymns or Motets as a Part of divine Service. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music ii. 93 (note) King Henry composed a Motett beginning Quam Pulchra es. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 71 I have had pretty nearly my fill of motets, and Kyrie eleisons. 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form xii. 57 Many of the Motetts of Haydn and Mozart are written strictly in the modern binary form. 1955 Times 9 May 3/4 No Bach motet, no big madrigal, no massive contrapuntal anthem of Purcell or Wesley, nothing strong, relieved a succession of prettily sung choral songs. 1988 Jrnl. Royal Music Assoc. 113 274 The motet was the one form of sacred music in which an Italian composer of the early decades of the seventeenth century could combine a certain freedom of textual choice with an adventurousness of modern idiom. 2001 Sunday Times (Electronic ed.) 10 June (Culture section) Both of them draw comparisons with the modest setting of the motet Laudate Pueri Dominum, for soprano solo, two violins and bass continuo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1382
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