==Baroque motets==In Baroque music, especially in France, there were two distinct, and very different types of motet: "petits motets", sacred choral or chamber compositions whose only accompaniment was a basso continuo; and "grands motets", which included massed choirs and instruments up to and including a full orchestra.
Pomembni skladatelji renesančnih motetov:• Alexander Agricola• Gilles Binchois• Antoine Busnois• William Byrd• Johannes Vodnianus Campanus• Loyset Compère• Josquin Des Prez• John Dunstaple• Antoine de Févin• Francisco Guerrero• Nicolas Gombert• Heinrich Isaac• Pierre de La Rue• Orlando di Lasso• Cristóbal de Morales• Jean Mouton• Jacob Obrecht• Johannes Ockeghem• Martin Peerson• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina• Thomas Tallis• John Taverner• Tomás Luis de VictoriaV "drugi polovici 16. stoletja", "Giovanni Gabrieli" in drugi skladatelji razvijejo nov stil, večzborni motet v katerem se dva ali več zborov pevcev (ali instrumentalistov) izmenjujejo.