Question

Multiple Choice a. A polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections b. A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love c. A dancelike song for several solo voices d. A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass

Answer 1

Answer:

In multiple choice option (a) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

•  Renaissance motet is a polyphonic, five-part choral composition.
• In history, it is often the case that musical creativity starts in one genre, and then expands to others. In the Renaissance this is the case with the motet.
• A motet is a musical composition, often instrumental, of a highly varied form and style, from the late medieval to the present. One of Renaissance music's per-eminent polyphonic type was the motet.

• In the transition from medieval to Renaissance music the motet was retained but the character of the work was completely changed.