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Table 1. The number of times a subgenre was listed in the parameters Subgenre1,
Subgenre2, Subgenre3, and Subgenre4, as of 18 May 2024.
| Subgenre
|
S1
|
S2
|
S3
|
S4
|
Total
|
Comment
|
| Motets |
11950 |
47 |
|
|
11997 |
|
| Madrigals |
7037 |
43 |
|
|
7080 |
|
| Partsongs |
4428 |
17 |
2 |
|
4447 |
|
| Hymns |
3093 |
49 |
|
|
3142 |
|
| Anthems |
2483 |
27 |
3 |
|
2513 |
|
| Chansons |
1781 |
3 |
|
|
1784 |
|
| Masses |
1615 |
10 |
|
|
1625 |
|
| (blank) |
1372 |
|
|
|
1372 |
|
| Chorales |
979 |
24 |
|
|
1003 |
|
| Carols |
967 |
35 |
|
|
1002 |
|
| Folksongs |
653 |
219 |
|
|
872 |
|
| Unknown |
841 |
|
|
|
841 |
|
| Lieder |
754 |
22 |
|
|
776 |
|
| Arias |
696 |
7 |
|
|
703 |
|
| Evening Canticles |
636 |
55 |
1 |
|
692 |
|
| Antiphons |
595 |
83 |
3 |
1 |
682 |
|
| Glees |
602 |
33 |
1 |
|
636 |
|
| Cantatas |
527 |
2 |
|
|
529 |
|
| Canons |
491 |
24 |
5 |
|
520 |
|
| Eucharistic songs |
43 |
468 |
9 |
|
520 |
|
| Liturgical music |
494 |
14 |
1 |
|
509 |
|
| Responsories |
380 |
124 |
4 |
|
508 |
|
| Sacred songs |
478 |
4 |
1 |
|
483 |
|
| Villancicos |
443 |
2 |
|
|
445 |
|
| Chants |
426 |
4 |
|
|
430 |
|
| Introits |
332 |
93 |
2 |
|
427 |
|
| Anglican chants |
407 |
3 |
|
|
410 |
|
| Psalm-tunes |
382 |
6 |
|
|
388 |
|
| Office hymns |
275 |
107 |
3 |
|
385 |
|
| Communions |
32 |
333 |
14 |
|
379 |
|
| Offertories |
177 |
168 |
4 |
|
349 |
|
| Art songs |
334 |
9 |
|
|
343 |
|
| Vesper Psalms |
172 |
102 |
|
|
274 |
|
| Descants |
254 |
13 |
|
|
267 |
|
| Votive antiphons |
87 |
136 |
1 |
|
224 |
|
| Set pieces |
222 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
| Vespers |
197 |
21 |
|
|
218 |
|
| Verse anthems |
167 |
39 |
|
|
206 |
|
| Morning Canticles |
176 |
21 |
|
|
197 |
|
| Hymn settings |
175 |
4 |
|
|
179 |
|
| Magnificat antiphons |
47 |
114 |
13 |
|
174 |
|
| Lute songs |
169 |
5 |
|
|
174 |
|
| Other |
171 |
|
|
|
171 |
|
| Graduals |
122 |
43 |
1 |
|
166 |
|
| Sequence hymns |
110 |
39 |
9 |
|
158 |
|
| Requiems |
129 |
26 |
|
|
155 |
|
| Villanellas |
100 |
46 |
|
|
146 |
|
| Mass propers |
120 |
12 |
2 |
|
134 |
|
| Lamentations |
121 |
4 |
|
|
125 |
|
| Operas |
116 |
|
|
|
116 |
|
| Oratorios |
100 |
7 |
|
|
107 |
|
| Tenebrae responsories |
77 |
23 |
1 |
|
101 |
|
| Mass fragments |
89 |
10 |
|
1 |
100 |
|
| Spirituals |
95 |
2 |
|
|
97 |
|
| Gospel motets |
41 |
51 |
3 |
|
95 |
|
| Responsorial Psalms |
94 |
1 |
|
|
95 |
|
| Preces and Responses |
88 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
| Communion Services |
77 |
3 |
|
|
80 |
|
| Alleluia verses |
26 |
40 |
5 |
|
71 |
|
| Humorous songs |
|
16 |
54 |
|
70 |
|
| Laude |
62 |
6 |
1 |
|
69 |
|
| Nursery rhymes |
|
63 |
4 |
|
67 |
|
| Laments |
41 |
20 |
1 |
|
62 |
|
| Barbershops |
55 |
2 |
|
|
57 |
|
| Christmas (secular) |
51 |
1 |
|
|
52 |
|
| Passions |
29 |
20 |
1 |
|
50 |
|
| Litanies |
41 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
| Children's songs |
39 |
1 |
|
|
40 |
|
| Vernacular Masses |
30 |
6 |
1 |
|
37 |
|
| Frottole |
31 |
5 |
|
|
36 |
|
| Hymn tunes |
29 |
7 |
|
|
36 |
|
| Consort songs |
35 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
| Odes |
27 |
1 |
|
|
28 |
|
| Burial services |
16 |
12 |
|
|
28 |
|
| Rondeaux |
26 |
1 |
|
|
27 |
|
| Christmas |
7 |
19 |
|
|
26 |
|
| Ballades |
17 |
2 |
|
|
19 |
|
| Instrumental music |
19 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
| Lullabies |
15 |
2 |
1 |
|
18 |
|
| Table graces |
6 |
12 |
|
|
18 |
|
| Patriotic music |
7 |
10 |
|
|
17 |
|
| Tracts |
3 |
14 |
|
|
17 |
|
| Operettas |
17 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
| Symphonies |
17 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
| Pagan music |
13 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
| Psalms |
7 |
4 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
49811 |
3066 |
155 |
2 |
|
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Fewer than ten:
- 9 – Funeral music
- 6 – Sacred laments, Tenebrae music, Troped Kyries, Ballate, Romances
- 5 – Masonic music, Incidental music, Folk hymns, Gospel hymns, Shape Notes, Zarzuelas
- 4 – Song cycles, Virelais
- 3 – Processional antiphons, Liturgical dramas, Canzoni, Hallels, Intermedi, Office Psalms, Quartets, Scherzos, Compline
- 2 – Marian, Conductus, Svetilen, Mélodies
- 1 – Contrafactum, Minnelieder, Rounds, Airs à boire, Cacce, Collects, Drinking songs, Funeral odes, Gregorian chant, Invitatories, Patriotic songs, Versicles, Advent, Anamneses, Cansos, Canzonetti, Chant, Educationals, Intermezzos, Lais, Matins, Moresche, Pastorela, Sprinkling antiphons, Teater, Tropes, Wedding songs
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Table 2. Relationship between Subgenre and Genre for Subgenres with more than 10 works, as of 18 May 2024. Most Subgenres have both Sacred and Secular works.
| Subgenre
|
Both-Dual
|
Sacred
|
Secular
|
Textless
|
| Motets |
6 |
11831 |
160 |
|
| Madrigals |
22 |
242 |
6816 |
|
| Partsongs |
3 |
197 |
4247 |
|
| Hymns |
|
3116 |
26 |
|
| Anthems |
|
2457 |
56 |
|
| Chansons |
|
23 |
1760 |
|
| Masses |
|
1623 |
2 |
|
| (blank) |
|
1242 |
128 |
1
|
| Chorales |
|
985 |
18 |
|
| Carols |
1 |
927 |
74 |
|
| Folksongs |
|
43 |
829 |
|
| Unknown |
|
577 |
264 |
|
| Lieder |
1 |
117 |
658 |
|
| Arias |
|
119 |
584 |
|
| Evening Canticles |
|
691 |
1 |
|
| Antiphons |
|
682 |
|
|
| Glees |
|
3 |
633 |
|
| Cantatas |
1 |
423 |
105 |
|
| Eucharistic songs |
|
520 |
|
|
| Canons |
|
238 |
277 |
1
|
| Liturgical music |
|
507 |
2 |
|
| Responsories |
|
508 |
|
|
| Sacred songs |
|
477 |
6 |
|
| Villancicos |
|
170 |
275 |
|
| Chants |
|
419 |
13 |
|
| Introits |
|
427 |
|
|
| Anglican chants |
|
410 |
|
|
| Psalm-tunes |
|
388 |
|
|
| Office hymns |
|
385 |
|
|
| Communions |
|
379 |
|
|
| Offertories |
|
348 |
1 |
|
| Art songs |
|
24 |
319 |
|
| Vesper Psalms |
|
274 |
|
|
| Descants |
|
267 |
|
|
| Votive antiphons |
|
224 |
|
|
| Set pieces |
|
221 |
1 |
|
| Vespers |
|
218 |
|
|
| Verse anthems |
|
206 |
|
|
| Morning Canticles |
|
197 |
|
|
| Hymn settings |
|
179 |
|
|
| Lute songs |
|
5 |
169 |
|
| Magnificat antiphons |
|
174 |
|
|
| Other |
|
65 |
106 |
|
| Graduals |
|
166 |
|
|
| Sequence hymns |
|
158 |
|
|
| Requiems |
|
155 |
|
|
| Villanellas |
|
|
146 |
|
| Mass propers |
|
134 |
|
|
| Lamentations |
|
124 |
1 |
|
| Operas |
|
5 |
111 |
|
| Oratorios |
|
99 |
8 |
|
| Tenebrae responsories |
|
101 |
|
|
| Mass fragments |
|
100 |
|
|
| Spirituals |
|
94 |
3 |
|
| Gospel motets |
|
95 |
|
|
| Responsorial Psalms |
|
95 |
|
|
| Preces and Responses |
|
88 |
|
|
| Communion Services |
|
80 |
|
|
| Alleluia verses |
|
71 |
|
|
| Humorous songs |
|
|
70 |
|
| Laude |
|
69 |
|
|
| Nursery rhymes |
|
|
67 |
|
| Laments |
|
22 |
40 |
|
| Barbershops |
|
4 |
53 |
|
| Christmas (secular) |
|
12 |
40 |
|
| Passions |
|
50 |
|
|
| Litanies |
|
41 |
|
|
| Children's songs |
|
9 |
31 |
|
| Odes |
|
3 |
35 |
|
| Vernacular Masses |
|
37 |
|
|
| Frottole |
|
1 |
35 |
|
| Hymn tunes |
|
36 |
|
|
| Consort songs |
|
7 |
28 |
|
| Burial services |
|
25 |
3 |
|
| Rondeaux |
|
|
27 |
|
| Christmas |
|
25 |
1 |
|
| Ballades |
|
2 |
17 |
|
| Instrumental music |
|
|
19 |
|
| Lullabies |
|
8 |
10 |
|
| Table graces |
|
18 |
|
|
| Operettas |
|
|
17 |
|
| Patriotic music |
|
3 |
14 |
|
| Symphonies |
|
11 |
6 |
|
| Tracts |
|
17 |
|
|
| Pagan music |
|
11 |
2 |
|
| Psalms |
|
11 |
|
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