works for two or more choirs.
A Madrigal is secular vocal music. A Motet is, for all intents and purposes, a sacred Madrigal; meaning it is religious vocal music.
A Mass is always based on a specific text that is part of the liturgy of a given day. One difference between a renaissance Mass and a motet is that the motet, while usually sacred, was not always specifically connected to texts from the liturgy of the Mass.
Both use imitative polyphony or homophony
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Gilles Motet was born on 1956-06-22.
Motet and Mass
The primary technique used in motet composition is homophony.
Gothic Motet is nearly always based on gregorian chant. It contains secular words.
an anthem is sung in latin, a motet is sung in english. both are church music
No, a motet is typically a sacred vocal composition in multiple parts, often with religious text.
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a gregorian chant was used as the base part for the motet and was called the cantus firmus
The motet is a song cycle, meaning several different types of singing during the piece. It became very popular during the Baroque period. And sometimes, the motet was used for instruments alone instead of instruments and voice.