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motet

one of the most important forms of polyphonic music from about 1220 to 1750
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Summary

motet is a type of musical work/composition[1]. motet draws 2,465 Wikipedia views per month (type of musical work composition category, ranking #18 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: musical form[3], music genre[4]
  • Subclass of: composed musical work[5], classical music[6], choral music[7]
  • Commons category: Motets[8]
  • Inception: 1200[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Motets[10]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[11], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[17]
  • Has characteristic: polyphony[18]
  • Different from: Mottet[19]

Why It Matters

motet has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] motet is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

composed musical work Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Heinrich Schütz Josquin des Prez Marc-Antoine Charpentier Orlande de Lassus

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0002295-moteta
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: u0002295-moteta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → composed musical work, classical music, choral music
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → type of musical work/composition, musical form, music genre
    Has characteristic → polyphony
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 770, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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