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antiphon
The Liber responsorialis, showing on the right-hand page the antiphons for the first Matins|night office of Christmas. The associated [[psalm tones are indicated by number and ending pitch, and the pitches for the ending of the doxology are indicated by the mnemonic Euouae.|thumb]]
cantor
chief singer, and usually instructor, employed at a church, a cathedral or monastery
church music
Christian music written for performance in church
music chapel
group of musicians
Genevan Psalter
metrical psalter, choral book

plainsong
Plainsong or plainchant (calque from the French ; ) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. Plainsong was the exclusive form of the Western Christian church music until the ninth century and the introduction of polyphony.
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
pontifical music school in Vatican
Nine Lessons and Carols
Traditional Christmas service
altar bell
typically a small hand-held bell or set of bell
Coptic music
music genre
exclusive psalmody
practice of singing only the biblical Psalms in congregational singing as worship
crotalus
early musical instrument