antiphony

A noun referring to a musical or liturgical form where a choir sings in alternating or responsive parts, or a specific verse or song intended to be chanted or sung in response.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una forma musical o litúrgica en la que un coro canta partes alternadas o responsoriales, o bien un verso o canto específico destinado a cantarse o recitarse como respuesta.

1. Responsive singing C2 formal

   A musical form where two groups of singers alternate in singing verses or phrases, often in a call-and-response pattern.

   • The cathedral choir performed a beautiful antiphony during the service.
   • Antiphony is a common feature in Gregorian chant.
   • The two halves of the choir engaged in a complex antiphony.

   🇪🇸Antífona

   Sinónimos: antiphon

2. A responsive verse or song C2 formal

   A specific verse or piece of music intended to be sung or chanted as a response to another part.

   • The congregation sang the antiphony after the priest's verse.
   • The composer wrote a new antiphony for the Easter mass.
   • Each antiphony in the manuscript was carefully notated.

   🇪🇸Antífona responsorial

   Sinónimos: antiphonresponse

• antiphonies plural form
• antiphonies' possessive plural form
• antiphony's possessive singular form