motet
/məʊˈtet/ (bre, ipa) · /məʊˈtet/ (ame, ipa) · /mō-ˈtet/ (ame, mw)
motet — 名詞
1. a short choral work set to a sacred Latin text, sung in several vocal parts and
經文歌
以拉丁聖詞寫成的多聲部短篇合唱曲
a short choral work set to a sacred Latin text, sung in several vocal parts and traditionally performed without instrumental backing.
The cathedral choir performed a Renaissance motet during the Easter evening service.
復活節晚間禮拜時，大教堂唱詩班演唱了一首文藝復興時期的經文歌。
common collocation: perform a motet
Élise spent three months teaching her students a difficult Bach motet for the spring concert.
Élise 花了三個月教學生唱一首難度很高的巴哈經文歌，準備春季音樂會用。
common collocation: a Bach / Palestrina motet
Each motet in the collection was written for four voices singing in close harmony.
這套作品集裡每一首經文歌都是寫給四個聲部緊密和聲演唱的。
Darius listened carefully as the singers wove the lines of a 16th-century motet together.
Darius 仔細聆聽歌手將一首十六世紀經文歌的各個聲部交織在一起。
The composer wrote her first motet for an unaccompanied choir of twelve singers.
這位作曲家的第一首經文歌是為十二人無伴奏合唱團而寫。
- anthem
the English-language Protestant equivalent; typically sung in English, while a motet uses Latin
- cantata
longer multi-movement work with instrumental accompaniment, while a motet is short and traditionally unaccompanied
- chorale
a Protestant hymn tune, usually homophonic and congregational, unlike the polyphonic, choir-only motet
用法筆記
Almost always singular and countable, and almost always preceded by a defining detail such as the composer's name (a Palestrina motet), the period (a Renaissance motet), or the number of voices (a six-part motet).