The exception to this method was the conductus, a two-voice composition that was freely composed in its entirety.

It draws on Faroese folk tunes but also contains freely composed sections.

The most significant feature of the mass for the development of music on the continent was its freely composed bass line.

The mass is freely composed, not based upon a cantus firmus or parody.

All the Masses are freely composed plainsong paraphrases - which fulfills the requirement of the eradication of secular influences.

Another unusual feature of this mass is that the melodies used for its canons were all apparently freely composed; none have been identified from other sources.

Almost all of Josquin's motets use some kind of compositional constraint on the process; they are not freely composed.

His chansons are freely composed, and mostly are settings of long poems (for example huitans).

The other voices could be used in many ways, ranging from freely composed polyphony to strict canon, but the texture was predominantly polyphonic but non-imitative.

Not all masses based on freely composed material were so named, but many were, particularly from the late 15th century through the 16th century.