antiphony
Americannoun
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alternate or responsive singing by a choir in two divisions.
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a psalm, verse, etc., so sung; antiphon.
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a responsive musical utterance.
noun
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the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
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any musical or other sound effect that answers or echoes another
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The massive space of the Albert Hall was perfect for this work, evoking not just the strophic religious responses on which Boulez based the piece but the antiphony of the Italian baroque, too.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2012
During the long weeks of rehearsals, the salesmen, backed by a full orchestra, chanted an intricate number called Rock Island, passing phrases from one to the other in complex antiphony.
From Time Magazine Archive
And if nothing else, his antiphony intellectualism procedures show that there are some men in the educational field who understand the plight of the ordinary college student.
From Time Magazine Archive
In nagging antiphony he and his pouter-pigeon wife, Barbara Bel Geddes, sing the have-not-got-enough blues of a deceptively affluent suburbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toads sing to each other, and their friends sing back in antiphony.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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