antiphon

[ US /ˈæntəˌfɑn, ˈæntɪˌfɑn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
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How To Use antiphon In A Sentence

  • Psalms were sung antiphonally, that is, first one side would sing and the other side would answer. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
  • The theme of the workshop will be study of Gregorian chant neums and stylistic performance technique as applied to the repertoire of the monastic office (psalmody, antiphons, responsories, etc.). More Gregorian Chant - Italia!
  • This is reflected in the choice of prayers, psalms, versicles, and antiphons.
  • The composer adapts the antiphonal structure by alternating sections of linear two-voice writing with those of chordal textures, the latter serving as multiple refrains.
  • For one thing, he likes to set up these pieces antiphonally. Sacred Songs And DJs: New Classical CDs
  • Additional material found in certain psalters includes refrains used for antiphonal psalmody and appendices containing canticles or other sacred writings.
  • It was the manner of singing psalms antiphonally, that is alternately by two choirs, to which we are accustomed, that had already been introduced at Antioch in the time of the Patriarch The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • Norbert sang the antiphons and censed the sanctuary - I felt as though I was moving about in a dark room where strange figures brushed up against my shoulders, and strange voices guided me along.
  • Below is a video from Tenebrae of Good Friday, showing two of the Matins responsories, and the Benedictus with its antiphon in English. Tenebrae at Blackfriars Oxford
  • In this almost totally integrated work, Monteverdi included five vesper psalm settings along with solo motets which he used as substitutes for the antiphons which would normally have been chanted between the psalms.
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