13th Century Motet
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- 13th century origins …
The word motet is derived from the French word “mot” which means “word”. The motet developed from the organum, which was an early genre of polyphonic music in which the upper voice was textless. The composers of the early motet applied text to the upper voices, which made the piece easier to sing…
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