parody mass

English

Noun

parody mass (plural parody masses)

  1. A musical setting of the mass, typically from the 16th century, that uses multiple voices of a pre-existing piece of music, such as a fragment of a motet or a secular chanson, as part of its melodic material.
    Coordinate terms: cantus firmus, paraphrase mass
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