Editing Motet (section)

===Renaissance composers===
The motet was one of the preeminent forms of [[Renaissance music]]. Important composers of Renaissance motets include:

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* [[Alexander Agricola]]
* [[Gilles Binchois]]
* [[Antoine Boësset]]
* [[Antoine Brumel]]
* [[Antoine Busnois]]
* [[William Byrd]]
* [[Johannes Vodnianus Campanus]]
* [[Pierre Certon]]
* [[Jacobus Clemens non Papa]]
* [[Loyset Compère]]
* [[Thomas Crecquillon]]
* [[Josquin des Prez]]
* [[John Dunstaple]]
* François-[[Eustache Du Caurroy]]
* [[Antoine de Févin]]
* [[Carlo Gesualdo]]
* [[Nicolas Gombert]]
* [[Francisco Guerrero (composer)|Francisco Guerrero]]
* [[Heinrich Isaac]]
* [[Claude Le Jeune]]
* [[Pierre de La Rue]]
* [[Orlando di Lasso]]
* [[Jean Maillard]]
* [[Cristóbal de Morales]]
* [[Étienne Moulinié]]
* [[Jean Mouton]]
* [[Jacob Obrecht]]
* [[Johannes Ockeghem]]
* [[Andreas Pevernage]]
* [[Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana]]
* [[Martin Peerson]]
* [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]]
* [[Thomas Tallis]]
* [[John Taverner]]
* [[Robert Carver (composer)|Robert Carver]]
* [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]]
* [[Manuel Cardoso (composer)|Manuel Cardoso]]
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In the latter part of the 16th century, [[Giovanni Gabrieli]] and other composers developed a new style, the [[polychoral]] motet, in which two or more [[choir]]s of singers (or instruments) alternated. This style of motet was sometimes called the ''Venetian motet'' to distinguish it from the ''Netherlands'' or ''Flemish'' motet written elsewhere. "[[If Ye Love Me]]" by Thomas Tallis serves the demand of the Church of England for English texts, and a focus on understanding the words, beginning in [[homophony]].