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antiphonal Definition

an·tipho·nal (an tif′ə nəl)

adjective

of or like an antiphon; sung or chanted in alternation

noun

an antiphonary

antiphonal Related Forms
an·tiph′·on·ally adverb
antiphonal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • group: The instrumental works are mostly intended for two antiphonal groups, each of 4 or 5 instruments.
  • voice: The antiphonal northern voices of James Simmons and Seamus Deane.
  • effect: The counterpoint was not often obscured, the antiphonal effects came off and intonation was never so bad as to be disturbing.
  • work: Gabrieli's are the earliest antiphonal works ever published, and probably the earliest ever written.