The Clown says: ‘And so we wept; and there was the first gentleman-like tears that ever we shed’; to which his father, the Shepherd, adds the comfortable antiphon, ‘We may live, son, to shed many more.’.
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
(Gr "alternate utterance or chanting") 1) A short verse from the scriptures, especially the psalms, sung or recited in the liturgy and other church services 2) Any verse or hymn sung or recited by one part of the choir or chanters in response to another part
Or anthem A melodic chant most commonly used to introduce and conclude psalms, but also as an independent anthem in processions and for commemorating Saints or special occasions
(Greek, meaning 'sounding across') A religious chant, often part of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox church services May be sung as responses between a single voice and a group of voices, or between two different groups of singers The effect of this back-and-forth is described as antiphonal
flourished 480-411 BC Orator and statesman. The first Athenian known to practice rhetoric professionally, he wrote speeches for others to give in court but was reluctant to appear in public debate. He may have instigated the revolution of the oligarchic Council of the Four Hundred, an attempt to seize the Athenian government in the midst of war. When the oligarchy fell, he defended his role in the overthrow in a speech called by Thucydides the greatest defense ever made, but he was nonetheless executed for treason
From the Greek words anti, meaning "against," and phone, meaning "sound " An antiphon is literally a song sung back and forth by two choirs, or by one choir divided into two sections In the Episcopal Church, the Kyrie and the Sursum Corda are two examples of antiphons The familiar exchange "The Lord be with you" - "And also with you" (Rite I: "And with thy spirit") is also an antiphon
() From French antiphone or Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antiphona, “responses, musical accords”), from ἀντί (anti, “in return”) + -φωνος (-phonos, “sounding”), from φωνή (phone, “vocal noise”). Compare anthem.