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Figure 3. Motete In eighteenth-century Mexico, a “motete” generally applies to a substantial Responsory that was not composed as an integral part of a complete series, but was intended to be substituted for a Responsory in a Matins service. The most common place for substitution to occur is the first or eighth Responsory, understandably, since the beginning or ending of a cycle would be the most propitious location for added splendor that an awe-inspiring motet would bring. Fig. 3. First motete for the second Nocturn of Ignacio de Jerusalem's Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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