Noun
A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA few motets, especially in the 1591 set, abandon traditional motet style and resort to vivid word painting which reflects the growing popularity of the madrigal (Haec dies, 1591). Source: Internet
Additionally, he left an endowment for the performance of his late motet, Pater noster, at all general processions in the town when they passed in front of his house, stopping to place a wafer on the marketplace altar to the Holy Virgin. Source: Internet
In 1505 Giovanni Alvise, a Venetian wind player, offered Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua a motet to be played on eight recorders, however the work has not survived. Source: Internet
His Latin motet Silete Venti, for soprano solo, shows the use of this form in church music. Source: Internet
Nevertheless, the themes of courtly love often found in the medieval secular motet were banished from the Renaissance motet. Source: Internet
"Partial Signature", Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2nd ed. The 16th-century motet Absolon fili mi attributed to Josquin des Prez features two voice parts with two flats, one part with three flats, and one part with four flats. Source: Internet