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Definition of Antiphonies

Antiphonies
Antiphony An*tiph"o*ny, n.; pl. Antiphonies. [See Antiphon.] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing. 2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. --R. Browning.

Meaning of Antiphonies from wikipedia

- (usually sung by the congregation), a refrain is needed. The looser term antiphony is generally used for any call and response style of singing, such as...
- form is also used in music, where it falls under the general category of antiphony. In some African cultures, call-and-response is a widespread pattern of...
- The 8th Symphony "Antiphonies", Op. 54, by Miloslav Kabeláč was written in 1970 as a reflection of the composer's feelings from the invasion of Warsaw...
- classical music, call and response is known as antiphony. The New Grove Dictionary defines antiphony as "music in which an ensemble is divided into distinct...
- No. 8 (Hovhaness), a symphony with a name Symphony No. 8 (Kabeláč), "Antiphonies" Symphony No. 8 (Mahler), "Symphony of a Thousand" Symphony No. 8, Op...
- Maconchy My Dark Heart, song cycle for soprano and ensemble William Mathias Antiphonies, for organ Lux Aeterna, for soli, chorus, organ and orchestra Salvator...
- Lever du jour au bord de la mer" Miloslav Kabeláč – Symphony No. 8 "Antiphonies" György LigetiContinuum Witold Lutosławski – Concerto for Cello and...
- section of the first movement, "is clinched with an Epilog of syncopated antiphony": Boyd also hears the coda to the third movement as "remarkable... for...
- Macedonia Incipient polyphony (previously primitive polyphony) includes antiphony and call and response, drones, and parallel intervals. Balkan drone music...
- Sir Andrew Davis Bartók/Debussy/Ravel: Piano Works (1993) Birtwistle: Antiphonies for Piano and Orchestra Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Michael Gielen (1994)...