responsory

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Read Next

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie

What's the Difference Between Tempo and Rhythm?

Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)

What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments

The last big concert of Jimi Hendrix before he died in London was in Germany on the isle of Fehmarn 6th of September 1970. The festival was called Love-and-Peace-Festival.

Is 27 an Especially Deadly Age for Musicians?

African American man praying in church with stained glass in background

Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?

Discover

Happy, smiling, flying pig

7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

Abstract vector hi speed internet technology background

History of Technology Timeline

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Law legal system crime concept with gavel and scales of justice with books in the background. (mallet, judicial system).

What Are the Differences Between First-, Second-, and Third-Degree Murder?

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

responsory: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	respond

Topics

responsorial singing plainsong cantillation antiphon trope Gregorian chant Byzantine chant Ambrosian chant Mozarabic chant Syrian chant Old Roman chant Russian chant

Quiz

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz