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The petit motet ("little motet") was a genre of domestic sacred chamber music popular in France during the baroque era. It was the sacred counterpart of the secular cantata, and small-scale counterpart of the grand motet. [1]

References

  1. ^ Motets for one and two voices with instruments p.viii François Martin (composer), Mary Cyr - 1988 "The petit motet represented a sacred counterpart to the fashionable cantata, and like the latter, it absorbed considerable foreign influence, especially from Italy. French composers often attempted to popularize their publications by ..."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The petit motet ("little motet") was a genre of domestic sacred chamber music popular in France during the baroque era. It was the sacred counterpart of the secular cantata, and small-scale counterpart of the grand motet. [1]

References

  1. ^ Motets for one and two voices with instruments p.viii François Martin (composer), Mary Cyr - 1988 "The petit motet represented a sacred counterpart to the fashionable cantata, and like the latter, it absorbed considerable foreign influence, especially from Italy. French composers often attempted to popularize their publications by ..."

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