ANTIPHONY

[æn`tɪfənɪ]

антифонное пение

контраст звуков

антифон

эхо, отзвук

Antiphony: translation

   Performance practice of dividing a choir into two, each semichoir singing a portion of a chanted composition in response to the other. The triumphal return of David from his defeat of Goliath and the Philistines may be the earliest written evidence of antiphony (1 Samuel 18:7). Psalmody is most commonly sung antiphonally, each semichoir taking a verse, but antiphons and responsories may also be sung this way.

   Anglicans call singers who sit with the dean (first cantor) on the south side of the chancel decani; those with the cantor on the north side, cantori.

   See also Alternatim; Cori Spezzati; Gregorian Chant.

антифон; песнопение, исполняемое поочередно двумя хорами (церковная традиция).

* * *

1. церк. переменное пение двух хоров

2. = antiphon