Marian antiphons are a group of sacred devotional songs in the Gregorian chant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. History Gregorian chant was organized codified and notated mainly in the Frankish lands of western and central Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries with later additions Marian antiphons are not true antiphons, in that they are not associated and chanted with a Psalm verse. This article is about the musical term See Antiphon (person the orator of ancient Greece Psalms ( Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises" is a book of the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) included
Although there are a number of Marian antiphons, some of great antiquity, the term is often used to refer to four elaborate chants in particular:
These four chants have been sung according to different schedules in different monastic traditions over the years, but in current usage the liturgical year is divided into four periods, with each period associated with one of the four Marian antiphons, which is sung at the end of Compline or Vespers during that period. Alma Redemptoris Mater or in English " Loving Mother of our Savior," is one of four liturgical Marian antiphons (the other three being Ave Regina Ave Regina Caelorum is one of four Marian antiphons, with following versicles and prayers traditionally said or sung after each of the Canonical hours of the The Regina Caeli or Regina Coeli (" Queen of Heaven " in ecclesastical Latin reˈdʒiːna ˈtʃeːli an ancient latin Marian Hymn of the For the university see Salve Regina University. The " Salve Regina " is one of four Marian antiphons sung at different Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from Greek monos, alone is the religious practice in which one Compline (ˈkɒmplɪn also Complin, Night Prayer, Prayers at the End of the Day) is the final church service (or Office) of the day in the Vespers is the evening Prayer service in the Roman Catholic, Eastern (Byzantine Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, liturgies of the For example, Alma Redemptoris Mater is sung at from the first Sunday in Advent until Candlemas. Advent (from the Latin word la ''adventus'' meaning "coming" is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus, and falls on or around 2 February.
The four Marian antiphons, sometimes with alterations, were often set to polyphonic arrangements by Renaissance composers. In Music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent Melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice ( Monophony The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere
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