Editing Motet (section)

=== J. S. Bach's compositions ===
{{main|List of motets by Johann Sebastian Bach}}
Six motets attributed to [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and catalogued BWV 225–230 are relatively long pieces combining German hymns with biblical texts, several of them composed for funerals. Mostly written in ''[[a cappella]]'' style,  ''[[basso continuo]]'', with instruments playing [[colla parte]], several of them composed for funerals. The first five, for double chorus, are almost certainly composed by Bach and are written in ''[[a cappella]]'' style, though strings and oboes appear to have accompanied [[colla parte]]. ''Lobet dem Herrn'' is for [[SATB]] with ''[[basso continuo]]''.

* BWV 225 ''[[Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225|Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied]]'' (1726)
* BWV 226 ''[[Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226|Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf]]'' (1729)
* BWV 227 ''[[Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227|Jesu, meine Freude]]'' 
* BWV 228 ''[[Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228|Fürchte dich nicht]]'' 
* BWV 229 ''[[Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229|Komm, Jesu, komm]]'' (1730?)
* BWV 230 ''[[Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230|Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden]]'' (?)

The funeral [[List of Bach cantatas|cantata]] [[O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118|''O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht'', BWV 118]] (1736–37?) is regarded as a motet, though it has independent instrumental parts. The motet [[Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 231|''Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren'', BWV 231]] is an arrangement of a movement from Bach's Cantata 28, and the authenticity of the arrangement is not certain. For a few more motets, such as [[Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159|''Ich lasse dich nicht'', BWV Anh 159]], Bach's authorship is debated.