antiphon
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Between the two versions of “Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita,” an antiphon by Hildegard von Bingen, for example, or between that antiphon’s simplicity and the angular density of George Enescu’s “Fantaisie concertante.”
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022
“If you strip it down and go back to what the form should be,” Mr. Skinner said, “it’s about the size of a large-scale votive antiphon, the staple compositional endeavor of most composers.”
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020
As Scott Metcalfe, the ensemble’s director, said in remarks from the stage, that single antiphon constitutes the complete works of Chamberlayne.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2019
In antiphon they recited the ancient ritual of the blessing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This antiphon between the full chorus and the female quartette continues in varying style throughout the chorus, and the result is thrilling in the extreme.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)