A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
A verse said before and after the psalms.
A selection of verses which were historically sung antiphonally by the two choirs. The tem is most frequently applied to Psalm 102, Psalm 145, and the Beatitudes as they are chanted at Liturgy; also to the psalm verses and refrains which replace these "antiphons" on Great Feasts. Each division of the hymns of ascents at Matins is also called an antiphon. Less commonly, the term is used synonymously with "stasis" in reference to the divisions of the kathismata.
Originally, a plainchant that framed the singing of a psalm. The term derives from the early practice of singing psalms "antiphonally"- that is, with two or more alternating choirs.
A type of liturgical chant common in the Roman Catholic rite, most often sung before and after a Psalm or canticle. The short prose texts, drawn from scripture or elsewhere, are set mainly in syllabic style. The term Antiphon also refers to more elaborate independent chants, notably processional antiphons sung at special feasts, and the four Marian antiphons, sung at the end of Compline. [NEE; GJC
A liturgical chant sung as the response to the verses of a Psalm; generally fairly short and simple in style.
a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
a liturgical chant generally based upon a biblical verse and sung before and after a psalm or canticle
a musical response, such as a verse
a response, usually sung in Gregorian chant , to a psalm or some other part of a religious service, such as at Vespers or at a Mass
a short hymn made up of verses taken from the Old Testament Psalms
a song sung in alternating parts between two groups of singers
a musically interesting section of chant which is sung by a choir; the text and music were intended to serve as a frame to a psalm verse (or a series of psalm verses), introducing and following it. The term is used sometimes to mean sacred song (e.g. Marian antiphons).
verses sung alternately by two choirs, or by a soloist and choir; in the divine office, sentences from scripture recited before and after the Psalms and canticles
A short text proper to a particular celebration added to a psalm or a canticle (e.g. the Magnificat or the Nunc Dimittis)
A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
Verses from the Psalms, each followed by anthems, sung on Great Holy Days at the Divine Liturgy after each of the first three litanies.
1 : a psalm, anthem, or verse sung responsively 2 : a verse usually from Scripture said or sung before and after a canticle, psalm, or psalm verse as part of the liturgy Source
Verse of a psalm or hymn which is sung or recited.
