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Antiphony

noun
(pl. antiphonies)
1.
Alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts.
2.
A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.  Synonym: antiphon.





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"Antiphony" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'An antiphony—they lie, and you sing back to them. There wouldn't have to be any truth, if there weren't any lies. Then one needn't ...
— Women in Love • D. H. Lawrence
... and ancient trees My fathers planted, and I loved so well! What have I done that, like some fabled crime Of yore, lets loose a Fury leading thus Her miserable dance amidst you all? Oh, never more for me shall winds intone With all your tops a vast antiphony, Demanding and responding in God's praise! Hers ye ...
— Browning's England - A Study in English Influences in Browning • Helen Archibald Clarke


Words linked to "Antiphony" :   antiphon, antiphonary, antiphonal, religious music, music, church music, gradual


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