Organum vs Motet - What's the difference?
organum | motet |
(music) a type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong
(archaic) A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted.
* 1794 , George Adams, Lectures on natural and experimental philosophy
* 1823 , Thomas Wirgman, An Entirely New, Complete and Permanent Science of Philosophy
A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
As nouns the difference between organum and motet
is that organum is a type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong while motet is a composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.organum
English
(wikipedia organum)Noun
(organa)- He has given us an organum of a different origin and construction from that of Arislotle
- Another important circumstance respecting our transcendental esthetics is, that it does not insinuate itself merely as a plausible hypothesis, but is as certain and indubitable as we can require any theory to be in order to serve as an organum .