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dirge

Antiphony is now generally used for any call and response style of singing, such as the kirtan and the sea shanty. Antiphonal music is music that is performed by two semi-independent choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases.^[1] Antiphonal psalmody is the singing or musical playing of psalms by alternating groups of performers.^[2] An antiphony is also a choir-book containing antiphons.

See polychoral antiphon






dərj/

noun

1. a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.

   synonyms:

   elegy, lament, burial hymn, threnody, requiem, funeral march;  keen "a lone bagpiper played the woeful dirge"

   • a mournful song, piece of music, or poem.

     "singers chanted dirges"

     
     
     

     
     

     el·e·gi·ac

     ˌeləˈjīək,eˈlējēˌak/

     adjective

     adjective: elegiac

     1. 1.

        (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.

        "the movie score is a somber effort, elegiac in its approach"

        synonyms:

        mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad, lamenting,doleful;

        antonyms:

        cheerful

        • wistfully mournful.

     noun

     plural noun: elegiacs; plural noun: elegiac

     1. 1.

        verses in an elegiac meter.

     
     

     Origin

     

     late 16th century: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, fromelegeia (see elegy).

     
     

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Paean

1. pae·an

   
   

   ˈpēən/

   noun

   
   

   
   a song of praise or triumph.

   • a thing that expresses enthusiastic praise.

     "his books are paeans to combat"

     synonyms:

     song of praise, hymn, alleluia;  plaudit, glorification, eulogy, tribute,panegyric, accolade, acclamation;  formalencomium