Cyclic mass

1430 - 1600 (Renaissance)

Group: Mass
Parts: Cyclic form
Members: Motto mass, Cantus firmus mass

Each of the movements shared a common musical theme, commonly a cantus firmus, thus making it a unified whole. The cyclic mass was the first multi-movement form in western music to be subject to a single organizing principle

Arnold de Lantins - Missa Verbum incarnatum
Guillaume Dufay - Missa lHomme Arme Kyrie

Playlist includes music from genres: Motto mass, Cantus firmus mass