antiphonal
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antiphonally
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That said, the concert actually started with something very old: an antiphonal Renaissance-era work by Hans Leo Hassler that the 26-member chamber choir sang while surrounding the audience on three sides. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, "Review: Summer Singers may have the hope and harmony you need," 21 July 2019 The Mass is led by a priest, the Celebrant, who is joined, and sometimes assaulted, by a chorus of street kids, dancers, syncopated jazz, rock, and several other forces, in frenzied antiphonal bursts, questioning the necessity of faith. — David Denby, The New Yorker, "Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes," 16 June 2018 The trumpets and horns, facing off on opposite sides of the ensemble, created an energetic, pealing, antiphonal effect in the final hornpipe. — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee Symphony stirs brilliant waves in 'Become Ocean'," 8 Apr. 2018 That said, the concert actually started with something very old: an antiphonal Renaissance-era work by Hans Leo Hassler that the 26-member chamber choir sang while surrounding the audience on three sides. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, "Review: Summer Singers may have the hope and harmony you need," 21 July 2019 The Mass is led by a priest, the Celebrant, who is joined, and sometimes assaulted, by a chorus of street kids, dancers, syncopated jazz, rock, and several other forces, in frenzied antiphonal bursts, questioning the necessity of faith. — David Denby, The New Yorker, "Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes," 16 June 2018 The trumpets and horns, facing off on opposite sides of the ensemble, created an energetic, pealing, antiphonal effect in the final hornpipe. — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee Symphony stirs brilliant waves in 'Become Ocean'," 8 Apr. 2018 The two begin trading questions and answers, like Gabrieli's antiphonal choirs sounding from one balcony to another across the majestic nave of San Marco. — Hartford Courant, courant.com, "Poems 'Forged By Joy' From Laura Mazza-Dixon," 10 May 2017 There were thirty-five ranks of pipes — sets that produce the same timbre for each note — and a set of pipes, called antiphonal pipes, jutting dramatically out over the interior from the rear balcony. — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, "The church needed an organist. He tried out. Fifty years later, it looks like he got the job.," 29 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'antiphonal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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