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There was a style of music called a parody mass. In the 16th century, mass composers, such as Palestrina, would borrow melodies from secular compositions and re-set those in a mass. The term parody is not directly related to the way we use the word today. It wasn't for giggles that composers did this, although some sources were bawdy in nature.
Stuff just keeps coming round and round, doesn't it?
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