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motet

/moh-tet/US // moʊˈtɛt //UK // (məʊˈtɛt) //

动议,动词,动议书,动机

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Music.

    • : a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.

Examples

  • Madam Bruna, an Italian singer, sung the motet, and was well accompanied.

  • De Linant gave me words proper to the subject, and in a week after I had received them the motet was finished.

  • A motet of Kuhnau's was given at Zittau under his direction.

  • One result was an interesting narrative of the visit by M. Motet of Paris.

  • More free in form was the motet, in which religious subjects were treated in contrapuntal fashion.