‘Old school’ European music is often still very confusing to me, especially all the different forms of choir music.

I often have a hard time figuring out the differences between a Motet (started 13th century and survived until the late 19th century), a Chanson (mostly french lyrics, started 14th century) and a Madrigal (Italian origin, mostly secular topics, started 13th century, but was mostly popular around the 16th).

So much about history. But I am still looking for same audio examples about the real differences. Any takers? So far I have found this brilliant map of early European music.

Meanwhile, click and listen to some Madrigal: