parody masses

A form of parody mass — 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.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of parody mass
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