antiphony
Americannoun
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antiphonies
plural
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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
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
One bleak, rainy day, a litany inviting antiphony sprang to Jackson's lips that be came his slogan and made him a celebrity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Gabrielis also experimented with placing clusters of singers and instrumentalists in different pockets of the building, a technique known as antiphony, meaning ‘voices against each other’, or poly choral, ‘many choirs’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The Lamas with their deep voices were intoning the prayers while the lesser priests answered with their antiphonies.
From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski
The singing voices of summer were all a-throb, filling the air with great antiphonies of praise, till this good June day was fairly wild with the sheer joy of life.
From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Ralph Connor
One after the other, like the antiphonies in the choral service, rises Fanny and the rose in June, then back again the rose in June and Fanny.
From Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas De Quincey
We ended with antiphonies of praise for this descendant of Justin Morgan.
From The Killer by Stewart Edward White
But nothing could be more absurd than that one of these antiphonies should be sung, and another said.
From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
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