Dufay wrote church music including masses , motets , Magnificats , hymns , simple chant settings and antiphons . His secular ( non-religious ) music includes rondeaux , ballades , virelais and a few other kinds of chanson . Dufay wrote in most of the common forms of the day , including masses , motets , Magnificats , hymns , simple chant settings in fauxbourdon , and antiphons within the area of sacred music , and rondeaux , ballades , virelais and a few other chanson types within the realm of secular music .