antiphon
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The document includes details of several specific psalms and antiphons that were to be sung and from other surviving manuscripts it's possible to reconstruct how they would have sounded.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2013
What came through consistently, in a seamless procession of solemn antiphons, ravishing solos, intricately wound polyphony, buoyant instrumental work and artfully dispersed ensembles, was an intense commitment to bringing Monteverdi’s masterwork to life.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2011
Thanks to Protestantism's liturgical revival, congregations have found new inspiration in the stately collects and antiphons of the prayer books, the classic prayers of the church fathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
A choir of monks chanted age-old antiphons; 10,000 palms were strewn on the church steps; El Caudillo walked into the church under a white silk canopy held up by six priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also sang antiphons for our comfort and his own.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
