NYSTCE Music (165) Practice Exam

Which term is a short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied?

Baroque Music Cadenza Organum Motet

Correct Answer:

Motet

Explanation:

A motet is a short sacred choral work that is polyphonic and typically performed a cappella. It originated in medieval Europe as a vocal setting of sacred texts for multiple independent voice parts, weaving them together without instrumental accompaniment. This contrasts with organum, an earlier medieval polyphony built by adding voices to a plainchant chant; cyst a cadenza is a virtuosic solo flourish usually found in instrumental concertos; and Baroque music refers to a period, not a specific form. So the term described is motet.

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