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Recent Examples of motet
An early breakthrough came from listening to a traditional singer of the Serer people, whose plaintive melody reminded Catta of a Renaissance motet.
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
Philippe Herreweghe led his Ghent choir in a fine performance of Mendelssohn’s motet.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2022
As well as hymns, a motet and a sermon, the solemn vespers would include a gigantic two-part oratorio composed by the church’s Cantor—the director of music—with a text taken from St. Matthew’s gospel.
—Boyd Tonkin, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022
The ceiling is tall and arched, like the hallways of a cloister, and offers acoustics befitting a motet.
—Gregory Barber, Wired, 10 Feb. 2022
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
Philippe Herreweghe led his Ghent choir in a fine performance of Mendelssohn’s motet.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2022
As well as hymns, a motet and a sermon, the solemn vespers would include a gigantic two-part oratorio composed by the church’s Cantor—the director of music—with a text taken from St. Matthew’s gospel.
—Boyd Tonkin, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022
The ceiling is tall and arched, like the hallways of a cloister, and offers acoustics befitting a motet.
—Gregory Barber, Wired, 10 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motet
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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As Hay playfully commented, the Opry offered a stark contrast to other highbrow programs populating the airwaves, swapping symphonies and arias for jaunty renditions of old Anglo-Celtic, European and African-American ballads played on the fiddle, banjo and guitar.—
Lindsay Kusiak,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Currently, the genre Eva is enjoying singing the most is classical music or opera arias.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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For the prequel films, Williams stretched his score palette to include pagan choral cantatas, throat singing — and, yes, even electric guitar.—
Tim Greiving,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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More than just capitalizing on the then-new compact disc format, the packages declared that these were substantial artists with catalogs that deserve the same respect a classical label would give to Bach’s cantatas.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2025
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In footage from the fun moment shared by the Roland-Garros, the No. 2 player in the world led the crowd in a celebratory chant.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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In 2022 the Equality Court of South Africa ruled that the chant does not constitute hate speech.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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The recent bond-market struggles are being treated by a growing chorus of investment professionals as an ominous message about the unreliability of once-safe assets, the obsolescence of the balanced stock-bond portfolio and the need for new sources of diversification.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 May 2025
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So their clothing had to have the harmony of a Greek chorus.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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There’s no equivalent of Broadway in Paris, and thus no long tradition of musicals done on stage, so many of the French movies are set in actual locations, with seemingly real people who suddenly decide to belt out a chanson or break into a dance number.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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Spectacular to look at, the production is unfailingly exuberant, a parade of color and catchy chanson.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Nov. 2024
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The spiritual power ballad also drew 918,000 official U.S. streams in the tracking week.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
28 May 2025
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Dropped with enough time to reach the Billboard charts before fans rush to buy and stream the full-length, the ballad sadly didn’t perform very well via any major metric.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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This intuitive device can automate lullabies and white noise on cue to comfort fussy babies, while daily reports track sleep habits including wake times and length of time.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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The new parents tried everything—rocking, feeding, lullabies—but nothing was working.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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“Motet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motet. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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