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<p>and songs and worship in African and African-American culture. <b>Antiphonal music</b> is that performed by two choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases. Antiphonal psalmody is the <a href="page.php?w=singing">singing</a> or musical playing of <a href="page.php?w=psalm">psalm</a>s by alternating groups of performers. The term "antiphony" can also refer to a choir-book containing antiphons.</p>

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<p>The chant of early Christianity through to the end of the 5th century had its root in the <a href="page.php?w=synagogue">synagogue</a>,</p><p>
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