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    • Common sacred genres were the mass
      Mass (music)

      The Mass, a Musical form of sacred music, is a choir composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music. Most Masses are settings of Mass in Latin, the traditional language of the Roman Catholic Church, but there are a significant number written in the languages of non-Catholic countries where vernacular worship h...
      , the motet
      Motet

      In Western music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choir musical compositions.The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is "motectum", and the Italian mottetto was also used....
      , the madrigale spirituale
      Madrigale spirituale

      A madrigale spirituale is a madrigal , or madrigal-like piece of music, with a sacred rather than a secular text. Most examples of the form date from the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras, and principally come from Italy and Germany....
      , and the laude
      Laude

      Laude are the most important form of vernacular sacred song in Italy in the late medieval music era and Renaissance music. They remained popular into the nineteenth century....
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    • Common sacred genres were the mass
      Mass (music)

      The Mass, a Musical form of sacred music, is a choir composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music. Most Masses are settings of Mass in Latin, the traditional language of the Roman Catholic Church, but there are a significant number written in the languages of non-Catholic countries where vernacular worship h...
      , the motet
      Motet

      In Western music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choir musical compositions.The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is "motectum", and the Italian mottetto was also used....
      , the madrigale spirituale
      Madrigale spirituale

      A madrigale spirituale is a madrigal , or madrigal-like piece of music, with a sacred rather than a secular text. Most examples of the form date from the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras, and principally come from Italy and Germany....
      , and the laude
      Laude

      Laude are the most important form of vernacular sacred song in Italy in the late medieval music era and Renaissance music. They remained popular into the nineteenth century....
      .
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