| LC control no. | sh 85087515 |
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| Topical heading | Motets |
| See also | Choruses Part songs Part songs, Sacred |
| Scope note | Here are entered collections of motets for various mediums of performance. An additional heading for medium of performance is assigned to individual works and to collections of works for a specific medium. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Part songs, Sacred |
| Found in | New Grove dict. of mus. online, Apr. 3, 2002 (One of the most important forms of polyphonic music from about 1220 to 1750; no single set of characteristics serves to define it generally, except in particular historical or regional contexts; after the 16th century has been defined as a sacred polyphonic composition with Latin text, which may or may not have colla voce or independent instrumental accompaniment.) |
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