"Quant voi la fleur en l’arbroie", 14th century (Anonymous)

A motet is a polyphonic choral piece, sacred or secular, usually unaccompanied. This 2-part motet comes from the Montpellier Codex, an important source of 13th-century French polyphony, both sacred and secular. This motet is an example of a pastoral love song: it tells the story of a shepherd girl singing and playing the flute while she waits for her lover under an olive tree in the woods.