antiphon

short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle; call and response, especially in Christian music and ritual
Intangible music_genre Q582093
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antiphon

Summary

antiphon is a music genre[1]. antiphon draws 815 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #370 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • antiphon's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • antiphon's instance of is recorded as musical form[4].
  • antiphon is a type of chant[5].
  • antiphon is a type of call and response[6].
  • antiphon is a type of refrain[7].
  • antiphon's Commons category is recorded as Antiphon[8].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[10].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[13].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia[14].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • antiphon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
  • antiphon's different from is recorded as antiphonal singing[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and musical form[4]. Recorded subclass of include chant[5], call and response[6], and refrain[7].

Why It Matters

antiphon draws 815 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #370 of 1,946).[2] antiphon has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] antiphon is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of chant, call and response, refrain
    Instance of music genre, musical form
    Different from antiphonal singing
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30138, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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