Choirbook

Quick meaning: Choirbook is a noun meaning A hymnal, especially one used by members of a choir.

Meaning

A hymnal, especially one used by members of a choir.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A hymnal large enough to be used by an entire choir at once in a church or cathedral, and showing all the parts to be sung, used during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Example Sentences

For these reasons, the best speculation seems to be that Anne carried the choirbook with her when she left Malines for Paris and from there to England.

Antonio Gardano, who began printing music in 1538, did not produce a folio choirbook until 1562, when both an edition of magnificats by Morales and a volume of masses by Kerle appeared from his press.

Whereas the four who hover behind Mary sing a cantilena-style Ave regina caelorum from rotuli, the angelic choir in heaven is divided into two groups, each of which sings from a choirbook on a lectern.

Ecclesiastical institutions on the Iberian peninsula, however, demanded choirbooks of a monumental size that went beyond the royal folio typically employed for publications by Italian and northern European composers.

Word Forms

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