Category:Motets
Partially excerpted from the Wikipedia article on motets:
In Western music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions. ... [T]he Renaissance motet is a short polyphonic musical setting in imitative counterpoint, for chorus, of a religious text not specifically connected to the liturgy of a given day, and therefore suitable for use in any service. The texts of antiphons were frequently used as motet texts. This is the sort of composition that is most familiarly named by the name of "motet," and the Renaissance period marked the flowering of the form. Renaissance motets were invariably in Latin. If the language of a polyphonic choral work was the vernacular, then the work was a Madrigal.
The name "motet" was preserved into Baroque music, especially in France, where the word was applied to petits motets, sacred choral compositions whose only accompaniment was a basso continuo; and grands motets, which included instruments up to and including a full orchestra. ... In Germany, too, pieces called motets were written in the new musical languages of the Baroque. Both Latin and German languages were used, and the Baroque motets of Germany tended to be longer compositions.
Except for the Mozart Ave verum corpus there were few motets written by 18th-century composers. Motet writing was revived by 19th-century composers, especially German and French composers. And in England, anthems (in English) and motets were written. The practice has continued to the present day by composers imitating the earlier forms and styles.
Top – A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
Pages in this category
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 11,900 total.
(previous page) (next page)O
- O Jesu süss, wer dein gedenkt, SWV 406 (Heinrich Schütz)
- O Jesu vita mea (Luca Sartore)
- O Jesu, cordis mei thesaurus (Abundio Antonelli)
- O Jesu, mi dulcissime (Carlo Rossini)
- O Jesu, mi dulcissime (Felice Anerio)
- O Jesu, mi dulcissime (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- O Jesu, nomen dulce, SWV 308 (Heinrich Schütz)
- O Jesu, vita mea es tu (Anonymous)
- O Kerstnacht (Evert van Merode)
- O lacrimae amarae (Bianca Maria Meda)
- O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (Johannes Eccard)
- O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (Johannes Werlin)
- O lampas ardens (Jacquet de Mantua)
- O lieber Herre Gott, SWV 287 (Heinrich Schütz)
- O lieber Herre Gott, SWV 381 (Heinrich Schütz)
- O Lord, of whom I do depend (John Mundy)
- O Lord, raise up (Richard John Samuel Stevens)
- O Lord, the maker of all thing (William Mundy)
- O Lord, turn not away thy face (John Mundy)
- O lumen ecclesiae (Ippolito Baccusi)
- O lux beata trinitas (Alfonso Ferrabosco I)
- O lux beata Trinitas (Andrea Gabrieli)
- O lux beata Trinitas (Gallus Dreßler)
- O lux beata Trinitas (Michael Praetorius)
- O lux beata Trinitas (William Byrd)
- O lux beatissima (Michael J. Drake, Jr.)
- O lux et decus (Gregor Aichinger)
- O lux et decus Hispaniae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O lux et decus Hispaniae (Richard Dering)
- O lux et decus Hispaniae (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- O lux, beata Trinitas (Robert Fayrfax)
- O magne Pater (Jeffrey Quick)
- O magnum mysterium (Adrian Willaert)
- O magnum mysterium (Charles H. Giffen)
- O magnum mysterium (Claudio Raffi)
- O magnum mysterium (Cristóbal de Morales)
- O magnum mysterium (Douglas Brooks-Davies)
- O magnum mysterium (Estêvão Lopes Morago)
- O magnum mysterium (Francesco Feroci)
- O magnum mysterium (Giacomo Antonio Perti)
- O magnum mysterium (Giovan Nasco)
- O magnum mysterium (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- O magnum mysterium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O magnum mysterium (Gonçalo Lourenço)
- O magnum mysterium (Harry Boulton)
- O magnum mysterium (Huub de Lange)
- O magnum mysterium (Iñigo Igualador)
- O magnum mysterium (Jacob Handl)
- O magnum mysterium (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)
- O magnum mysterium (Johann Stadlmayr)
- O magnum mysterium (John J. Brackenborough)
- O magnum mysterium (Jorge Moreira)
- O magnum mysterium (Marcos Castán)
- O magnum mysterium (Nicolas Gombert)
- O magnum mysterium (Oscar Santos)
- O magnum mysterium (Paolo Aretino)
- O magnum mysterium (Pedro da Esperança)
- O magnum mysterium (Pedro de Cristo)
- O magnum mysterium (Pedro Vilarroig)
- O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- O magnum mysterium (Vianney Sicard)
- O magnum mysterium (Wytze Oostenbrug)
- O magnum mysterium - Beata Virgo (William Byrd)
- O magnum mysterium a 5 (Andrea Rota)
- O magnum pietatis opus (Claudio Monteverdi)
- O Maria (Angelina Figus)
- O Maria (Giovanni Rovetta)
- O Maria clausus hortus (Orlando di Lasso)
- O Maria Dei genitrix (Ignazio Donati)
- O Maria et Elizabeth (Gilbert Banester)
- O Maria gloriosa (Giovanni Francesco Anerio)
- O Maria Mater (Peter Philips)
- O Maria mater pia (Anonymous)
- O Maria piissima (Maistre Jhan)
- O Maria quid ploras (Giovanni Ghizzolo)
- O Maria quid ploras (Giovanni Valentini)
- O Maria salvatoris Mater (John Browne)
- O Maria stans sub cruce (Claudin de Sermisy)
- O Maria super foeminas a 5 (Orazio Vecchi)
- O Maria vernans rosa (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)
- O Maria, clausus hortus (Gaspar van Weerbeke)
- O Maria, meine Hilfe (Joseph Gregor Zangl)
- O Maria, quis est infans (Agostino Soderini)
- O Maria, sei gegrüßt, Op. 61d, No. 6 (Max Reger)
- O Maria, templum Dei (Anonymous)
- O memoriale (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O memoriale mortis Domini (Carlotta Ferrari)
- O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groß (Johannes Werlin)
- O Mensch bewein dein Sünden groß (Caspar Othmayr)
- O mi fili (Giovanni Battista Ala)
- O mi Jesu quam amoenus (Lambert Pietkin)
- O misericordissime Jesu, SWV 309 (Heinrich Schütz)
- O mite cor Jesu (A Moriconi)
- O mitissima Virgo Maria - Virgo virginum - Hec dies (Anonymous)
- O mors inevitabilis (Hieronymus Vinders)
- O mors quam amara est (Giaches de Wert)
- O mors quam amara est (Orlando di Lasso)
- O mundi lampas (Antoine de Mornable)
- O mysterium inefabile (Jean Baptiste François Lallouette)
- O mysterium ineffabile (Jean Baptiste François Lallouette)
- O nata lux (Andrea Angelini)
- O nata lux (Cristian Gentilini)
- O nata lux (Denis Mason)
- O Nata Lux (Mark Chapman)
- O nata lux (Thomas Tallis)
- O nata lux de lumine (Wytze Oostenbrug)
- O nomen Jesu (Johann Rosenmüller)
- O nomen Jesu (Peter Philips)
- O Nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable (Claude Le Jeune)
- O Oriens (Guillaume Leroy)
- O Padua, sidus praeclarum (Johannes Ciconia)
- O panem vere sacrum (Anonymous)
- O Pastor optime (Girolamo Belli)
- O Pater omnipotens (Josquin des Prez)
- O peccator (Orlando di Lasso)
- O pie pelicane a 3 (Hans Leo Hassler)
- O pie pelicane a 5 (Hans Leo Hassler)
- O piissime Deus (Alexander Utendal)
- O plena gratia (Jean René Quignard)
- O Porta Cæli (Alessandro Grandi)
- O praeciosum et admirandum (Girolamo Belli)
- O pretiosum (Marco Antonio Ingegneri)
- O pretiosum et admirandum convivium (Felice Anerio)
- O pretiosum et admirandum convivium (Francesco Bianciardi)
- O pretiosum et admirandum convivium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O pulcherrima inter mulieres (Giovanni Cocci)
- O pulcherrima inter mulieres (Jacob Meiland)
- O pulcherrima mulierum (Gaspar van Weerbeke)
- O pulcherrima mulierum (Noel Bauldeweyn)
- O qualis hodie in cælestis (Bonifazio Graziani)
- O quam amabilis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O quam amabilis (Mamerts Celminskis)
- O quam beata lancea (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
- O quam dulce (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)
- O quam dulcia faucibus meis a 8 (Leone Leoni)
- O quam dulcis (Jean Richafort)
- O quam fulges in aetheris (Jean Mouton)
- O quam glorifica (Alexander Agricola)
- O quam gloriosa (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- O quam gloriosum (Francesco Bianciardi)
- O quam gloriosum (Francisco Valls)
- O quam gloriosum (Gioseffo Zarlino)
- O quam gloriosum (Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger)
- O quam gloriosum (Heinrich Pfendner)
- O quam gloriosum (Jacobus Vaet)
- O quam gloriosum (Scott Villard)
- O quam gloriosum est regnum (Giulio Belli)
- O quam gloriosum est regnum (Jan Tollius)
- O quam gloriosum est regnum (Luca Marenzio)
- O quam gloriosum est regnum (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- O quam gloriosum est regnum (Vincenzo Bertolusi)
- O quam gloriosum est regnum - Benedictio et claritas (William Byrd)
- O quam metuendus (Andrea Gabrieli)
- O quam metuendus (Bernardino Morelli)
- O quam metuendus (Ferdinand di Lasso)
- O quam metuendus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O quam metuendus (Jacob Handl)
- O quam metuendus (Luca Marenzio)
- O quam metuendus (Melchior Schramm)
- O quam metuendus (Simone Molinaro)
- O quam metuendus est (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- O quam moesta dies (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)
- O quam pulchra (Francesco Milleville)
- O quam pulchra es (Claudio Monteverdi)
- O quam pulchra es (Natalie Goossens)
- O quam pulchra es, amica mea, SWV 265 (Heinrich Schütz)
- O quam pulcra es amica mea (Vincenzo de Grandis)
- O quam speciosa a 7 (Tiburtio Massaino)
- O quam speciosa facta es a 10 (Leonardo Casulano)
- O quam suavis (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- O quam suavis (Giovanni Pietro Finatti)
- O quam suavis (Gregor Aichinger)
- O quam suavis (Marco Antonio Ingegneri)
- O quam suavis (Orlando di Lasso)
- O quam suavis (William Byrd)
- O quam suavis est (Francesco Stivori)
- O quam suavis est (Sebastian de Vivanco)
- O quam suavis est a 12 (Lorenzo Ratti)
- O quam suavis est a 7 (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- O quam suavis est a 8 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O quam suavis est a 8 (Orazio Vecchi)
- O quam suavis est Domine (Andrea Saladi)
- O quam suavis est Domine (Curtio Valcampi)
- O quam suavis est Domine (Gregor Aichinger)
- O quam suavis est I (Peter Philips)
- O quam suavis est II (Peter Philips)
- O quam suavis est, Domine (Alonso Lobo)
- O quam tu pulchra es (Alessandro Grandi)
- O quam tu pulchra es, a 3 (Alessandro Grandi)
- O quantus luctus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O Redemptor (Lateran Basilica ms.) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- O Regem caeli - Natus est nobis (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- O regina caeli (Giovanni Battista Crivelli)
- O rex gentium (Claudio Merulo)
- O rex gentium (Hotinet Barra)
- O rex gloriae (Adam Gumpelzhaimer)
- O Rex gloriae (Andrea Gabrieli)
- O Rex gloriae (Estêvão de Brito)
- O rex gloriae (Francisco Valls)
- O rex gloriae (Jean Guyot)