Editing Motet (section)

== Later 18th century - present==
Later 18th-century composers wrote few motets. [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach]] composed an extended [[chorale motet]] ''[[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (J. C. F. Bach)|Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme]]'', combining Baroque techniques with the [[galant style]]. [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart's]] [[Ave verum corpus (Mozart)|Ave verum corpus]] (K. 618) is this genre. [[Jean-Philippe Rameau|Rameau]], [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville|Mondonville]] and [[François Giroust|Giroust]] also wrote grands motets.

In the 19th century, some German composers continued to write motets. [[Felix Mendelssohn]] composed ''[[Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt (Mendelssohn)|Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt]]'', ''[[Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen]]'' and ''[[Mitten wir im Leben sind (Mendelssohn)|Mitten wir im Leben sind]]''. [[Johannes Brahms]] composed three motets on biblical verses, ''[[Fest- und Gedenksprüche]]''. Josef Rheinberger composed ''[[Abendlied (Rheinberger)|Abendlied]]''. [[Anton Bruckner]] composed about 40 [[Motets (Bruckner)|motets]], mainly in Latin, including ''[[Locus iste (Bruckner)|Locus iste]]''. French composers of motets include [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] and [[César Franck]]. In English similar compositions are called [[anthem]]s. Some later English composers, such as [[Charles Villiers Stanford]], wrote [[Three Latin Motets|motets in Latin]]. Most of these compositions are [[a cappella]] and some, such as [[Edward Elgar]]'s three motets Op. 2, are accompanied by organ.

In the 20th century, composers of motets have often consciously imitated earlier styles. In 1920, Ralph Vaughan Williams composed ''[[O clap your hands (Vaughan Williams)|O clap your hands]]'', a setting of verses from [[Psalm 47]] for a four-part choir, organ, brass, and percussion, called a motet. [[Carl Nielsen]] set in ''[[Tre Motetter]]'' three verses from different psalms as motets, first performed in 1930. Francis Poulenc set several Latin texts as motets, first ''[[Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence]]'' (1938). [[Maurice Duruflé]] composed ''[[Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens]]'' in 1960, and ''[[Notre Père]]'' in 1977. Other examples include works by [[Richard Strauss]], [[Charles Villiers Stanford]], [[Edmund Rubbra]], [[Lennox Berkeley]], [[Morten Lauridsen]], [[Edward Elgar]], [[Hugo Distler]], [[F. Melius Christiansen]], [[Ernst Krenek]], [[Michael Finnissy]], [[Karl Jenkins]]<ref>''19 motets for mixed voices a cappella''. Boosey & Hawkes 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-78454-028-9}}.</ref> and [[Igor Stravinsky]].

[[Arvo Pärt]] has composed motets, including ''[[Da pacem Domine]]'' in 2006,<ref>''Da pacem Domine'' (2006). In: ''Cantica nova. Zeitgenössische Chormusik für den Gottesdienst''. Choirbook of the ACV, Regensburg/Passau 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-00-039887-2}},</ref> as have [[Dave Soldier]] (Motet: Harmonies of the World, with rules from Johannes Kepler), [[Sven-David Sandström]],<ref>[http://www.vdkc.de/cms/index.php/choere/aktuelles-aus-den-choeren/715-kammerchor-hannover-bach-vs-sandstroem-motetten-und-fotografien Kammerchor Hannover "Bach vs. Sandström" (2014)] [[Verband Deutscher Konzertchöre]].</ref> [[Enjott Schneider]],<ref>''Gott hat uns nicht gegeben'' (2007) and ''Komm, Heiliger Geist'' (2002). In: ''Cantica nova. Zeitgenössische Chormusik für den Gottesdienst''. Choirbook of the ACV, Regensburg/Passau 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-00-039887-2}}.</ref> [[Ludger Stühlmeyer]]<ref>''Veni Creator Spiritus'' (2012), motet for choir SATB. In: ''Cantica nova. Zeitgenössische Chormusik für den Gottesdienst''. Choirbook of the ACV, Regensburg/Passau 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-00-039887-2}}. ''With Hearts Renewed'' (2017), motet for choir and instruments. Dedicatet to the [[Westminster Cathedral]] Choir of London. ''Hymn'' (2017), motet for choir a cappella SSAATTBB, lyrics from a poem by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. Dedicated to Matthias Grünert, the cantor of the [[Frauenkirche Dresden]].</ref> and [[Pierre Pincemaille]].<ref>Three motets (Pater Noster; Ave Maria; Ave Verum), published with A coeur joie editions: [http://edacj.musicanet.org/product_info.php?products_id=4672&language=en&osCsid=5396f6774fbc793d8f65649438fbb53e Website of ''A coeur joie'' editions]</ref>