378. Songs and Singing
See also 284. MUSIC ; 403. TUNING
- antiphonal
- a collection of antiphons, hymns, or psalms sung in alternating parts.
- balladism
- the writing or singing of ballads. — balladist, n.
- choristry
- the singing of a choir.
- hymnology
- 1. the composing of hymns.
- 2. the study of the origins, development, and use of hymns.
- 3. Obsolete, the performing of hymns.
- madrigal
- 1. a part song for several voices making much use of contrapuntal imitation.
- 2. a lyric poem suitable for setting to music, usually with love as a theme. —madrigalist, n.
- melismatics
- the practice of composing phrases of several notes to be sung on one syllable of text, as in plainsong.
- minstrelsy
- 1. the art of minstrels.
- 2. their occupation.
- 3. a group of minstrels.
- 4. a collection of their music and songs.
- myriologue
- an improvised funeral song, composed for the dead and sung by women in modern Greece. —myriologist, n. —myriologic, myriological, adj.
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