Definition of Antiphonal. Meaning of Antiphonal. Synonyms of Antiphonal

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Definition of Antiphonal

Antiphonal
Antiphonal An*tiph"o*nal, a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. --Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.
Antiphonal
Antiphonal An*tiph"o*nal, n. A book of antiphons or anthems.

Meaning of Antiphonal from wikipedia

- An antiphonary or antiphonal is one of the liturgical books intended for use in choro (i.e. in the liturgical choir), and originally characterized, as...
- African-American culture. Antiphonal music is that performed by two choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases. Antiphonal psalmody is the singing...
- Wollaton Antiphonal is an illuminated m****cript currently held in the collection of the University of Nottingham in England, UK. The antiphonal was commissioned...
- psalmody, singing the complete cycle of 150 psalms each w****. Around 375, antiphonal psalmody became po****r in the Christian East; in 386, St. Ambrose introduced...
- representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song. They told of subjects such as the Creation, Adam and Eve, the murder...
- repeated p****age in a psalm or other liturgical piece, similar to a refrain. antiphonal A style of composition in which two sections of singers or instrumentalists...
- in the Vedic anukirtana tradition, a kirtan is a call-and-response or antiphonal style song or chant, set to music, wherein multiple singers recite the...
- further stylistic technique is used in cathedrals and churches which use an antiphonal style of singing. In this case, the choir is divided into two equal half-choirs...
- Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, a piece for two antiphonal choirs of four instruments each; original instruments unspecified, but often pla**** with eight trombones...
- In the second typical edition (1975) of the current Roman Missal, the antiphonal response was altered to read "Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est," after...