This style of sacred Renaissance choral music is set to a sacred Latin text. The text used is different than that found in the ordinary of the mass.

• A. Mass
• B. Anthem
• C. Motet
• D. Cantus

Answer: (C)

Motet is a Renaissance sacred choral work that uses a sacred Latin text not taken from the Mass ordinary. In contrast to a Mass, whose music follows the fixed liturgical texts (the ordinary), a motet sets a different Latin text—often biblical or other sacred phrases—for multiple voices in polyphony. This combination of sacred Latin text and independent text from the Mass identifies it as the familiar Renaissance motet. An anthem typically uses English text, and cantus refers to a melodic line or the singing voice itself, not a style name.