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re·spon·so·ry  (r-spns-r)
n. pl. re·spon·so·ries
A chant or anthem recited or sung after a reading in a church service.

[Middle English responsorie, from Late Latin respnsrium, from Latin respnsus, past participle of respondre, to respond; see respond.]

re·spon·sori·al (-sôr-l, -sr-) adj.

responsory [rɪˈspɒnsərɪ]
n pl -ries
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity an anthem or chant consisting of versicles and responses and recited or sung after a lesson in a church service
[from Late Latin rēsponsōrium, from Latin rēspondēre to answer]


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Specific topics include tropes and the concept of genre, the nature of transmission and change in trope repertories, tropes and versus from Aquitaine during the 11th and 12th centuries, the shaping of a trope repertory at Saint Gall, a thematic study on tropes from different traditions, and melismatic tropes in the responsories for Matins.
Matt Simpson's libretto juxtaposes extracts from the Psalms and the Tenebrae Responsories with words from Robert Oppenheimer, notorious for his involvement with the development of the atomic bomb - as well as with some graphic illustrations of the folly and suffering occasioned by his work.
The centrepiece of the hour-long sequence was the first complete performance in this country of Wolfgang Rihm's Seven Passion Texts, settings of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Week, which he completed two years ago.
 
 
 
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