The Motet

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"The following research is on the subject of the motet in England from the late 12th Century to the early 15th Century. The motet was a French form of the 13th Century and an isorhythmic form of the 14th and 15th centuries, but after that time it took on a broader meaning. Originally, however, a motet was a composition on a liturgical text for use in church. By the latter 13th century the term was applied to works with secular texts as well, including even those which used a secular melody as a tenor cantus firmus. In the isorhythmic motets of the 14th and 15th centuries the tenors were usually Gregorian melodies, and those motets retained the traditional characteristics of a liturgical cantus firmus, multiple texts, and strongly contrapuntal texture. The isorhythmic motet was a conservative form, and the general evolution of musical style during the late ... "

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