Antiphons - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Antiphons Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,140,226,367 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

antiphon
(redirected from Antiphons)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.04 sec.

antiphon

Choral music in Greek or Roman liturgy involving the exchange of responses between solo voice and choir, or between choral groups, hence antiphony.



How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Tolbert McCarroll has a thing for the O Antiphons, those great hymns of joy chanted by monks in the week before Christmas since the year 900 or so.
A Winter Walk by Reardon, Patrick T. / U.S. Catholic
By way of promoting active participation, the people should be encouraged to take part by means of acclamations, responses, psalmody, antiphons, and songs, as well as by actions, gestures, and bodily attitudes.
Quiet, please: the importance of silence in the liturgy by Repohl, Roger F. / Commonweal
Hurd has written more than 100 compositions and 55 hymns, antiphons and pieces of service music.
Arts organization honours prolific African-American composer by Anglican Journal
More results
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.