Motet in A Sentence

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    Accordingly, Palestrina and his great contemporaries and predecessors treated the Gloria and Credo in a style midway in polyphonic organization and rhythmic breadth between that of the elaborate motet (adopted in the Sanctus) and the homophonic reciting style of the Litany.

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    In fact it is possible that Tallis's great 40-part motet, Spem in Alium was composed for Queen Mary's 40 th birthday.

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    In November 2002, we gave a concert of music by Thomas Tallis, including Spem in Alium, his famous 40 part motet.

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    Parsons, like William Byrd a Roman Catholic, showed the influence of the psalm motet and votive antiphon in his work.

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    Tallis's motet O sacrum convivium actually started life as an instrumental fantasia.

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    The phenomenon of the secular Latin motet will be addressed from cultural, historical and musical perspectives.