ChoralWiki:Subgenres/Counts

This table shows the number of times a subgenre was listed in the parameters Subgenre1, Subgenre2, and Subgenre3, as of 13 April 2022.

Subgenre	S1	S2	S3	Total	Comment
Motets	10374	48	1	10423
Madrigals	5950	5		5955
Hymns	2687	34		2721
Anthems	2248	24	3	2275
Partsongs	2156	13	2	2171
Chansons	1560	3		1563
Masses	1452	8		1460
(blank)	1383			1383	Counted in S1 only
Chorales	900	20		920
Carols	881	33	1	915
Lieder	671	21		692
Folksongs	600	29		629
Unknown	618			618
Evening Canticles	559	53	1	613
Arias	535	7		542
Cantatas	503	2		505
Antiphons	414	82	4	500
Eucharistic songs	37	448	9	494
Glees	473	1		474
Canons	440	22	5	467
Responsories	333	121	5	459
Sacred songs	430	4	1	435
Villancicos	414	2		416
Anglican chants	402	4		406
Chants	392	4		396
Introits	311	81	3	395
Liturgical music	364	13	1	378
Psalm-tunes	334	6		340
Offertories	181	142	4	327
Office hymns	215	101	4	320
Art songs	314	4		318
Communions	27	263	12	302
Folk hymns	260	1		261
Vesper Psalms	141	90		231
Votive antiphons	87	130	2	219
Set pieces	213			213
Verse anthems	161	39		200
Hymn settings	175	4		179
Morning Canticles	152	21		173
Lute songs	160	4		164
Graduals	122	40	1	163
Vespers	141	21		162
Magnificat antiphons	44	101	14	159
Other	145			145
Requiems	119	26		145
Sequence hymns	92	39	8	139
Operas	113			113
Tenebrae responsories	76	20	1	97
Descants	87	6		93
Mass propers	77	14	2	93
Oratorios	83	7		90
Lamentations	83	4		87
Gospel motets	39	39	2	80
Spirituals	76	2		78
Preces and Responses	77			77
Communion Services	72	3		75
Mass fragments	50	9		59
Laments	38	19		57
Barbershops	54	2		56
Alleluia verses	15	31	8	54
Responsorial Psalms	53		1	54
Christmas (secular)	40	1		41
Passions	25	15	1	41
Litanies	40			40
Vernacular Masses	30	6	1	37
Consort songs	33			33
Hymn tunes	26	6		32
Children's songs	30			30
Burial services	13	13		26
Odes	25	1		26
Rondeaux	25	1		26
Frottole	19	5		24
Laude	16	6	1	23
Christmas	6	14		20
Ballades	16	2		18
Symphonies	18			18
Table graces	6	12		18
Operettas	16			16
Tracts	4	12		16
Lullabies	14	1		15
Patriotic music	7	7		14
Pagan music	13			13

Fewer than ten:

• 9 – Funeral music, Shape Notes
• 6 – Romances, Sacred laments, Tenebrae music
• 5 – Troped Kyries, Villanellas, Zarzuelas
• 4 – Ballate, Incidental music, Song cycles, Virelais
• 3 – Liturgical dramas, Office Psalms, Processional antiphons
• 2 – Compline, Conductus, Marian, Masonic music, Psalms, Svetilen
• 1 – Advent, Airs à boire, Anamneses, Cacce, Cansos, Collects, Contrafactum, Drinking songs, Educationals, Funeral odes, Instrumental music, Intermezzos, Invitatories, Lais, Matins, Mélodies, Minnelieder, Moresche, Pastorela, Patriotic songs, Popular songs, Rounds, Sprinkling antiphon, Teater, Tropes, Wedding songs