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Songs and Singing Songs and SingingSee also music; tuning antiphonala collection of antiphons, hymns, or psalms sung in alternating parts.balladismthe writing or singing of ballads. — balladist, n.choristrythe singing of a choir.hymnology1. the composing of hymns. 2. the study of the origins, development, and use of hymns. 3. Obsolete, the performing of hymns.madrigal1. 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.melismaticsthe practice of composing phrases of several notes to be sung on one syllable of text, as in plainsong.minstrelsy1. the art of minstrels. 2. their occupation. 3. a group of minstrels. 4. a collection of their music and songs.myriologuean improvised funeral song, composed for the dead and sung by women in modern Greece. — myriologist, n. — myriologic, myriological, adj. |