Difference between revisions of "Chant"

<p> (פָּרִט '', Parat´,'' to ''Chatter,'' spoken contemptuously; Sept. ἐπικρατέω ) occurs only in &nbsp;Amos 6:5, where the passage, "That [[Chant]] to the sound of the viol," may be rendered, "That sing to the sound of the harp." The Chaldee, Syriac, and [[Vulgate]] read, "who sing to the sound of the psaltery;" and the margin of our version gives "quaver." [[Josephus]] informs us that the instrument here termed ''Nebel'' was of a triangular shape, and carried in the hand. In the paintings on the monuments at [[Thebes]] we find players on the harp in the act of singing to the sound of their own music. (See the cut below.) [[Similar]] scenes are depicted on the [[Assyrian]] monuments. (See [[Music]]). Both among the [[Jews]] and the [[Egyptians]] musical instruments were chiefly played upon by women: the Psalmist, describing a musical procession,' says, "The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels" (&nbsp;Psalms 68:25). (See [[Harp]]). </p> <p> (cantus, a song), the word employed in the early Church to designate the vocal music of the congregation. The term was applied, later, to special tunes adapted to prose; e.g. the Ambrosian, established by St. Ambrose, and the Gregorian, introduced by [[Pope]] Gregory the Great, who established schools of chanters, and corrected the Church music. This, at first, was called the Roman song; afterwards the plain song, as the choir and people sing in unison. In modern liturgical worship, the word designates the musical performance of all those parts of a prose liturgy which are permitted to be sung or recited in a musical tone. In a wider sense, it is used to denote those forms of sacred music in which prose (e.g. passages of Scripture) is sung in simple harmonies. (See Music). </p>

<p> (פרט , <i> '''''pāraṭ''''' </i> ): Occurs only once in the King James Version in &nbsp;Amos 6:5 , and the meaning of the [[Hebrew]] is uncertain. <i> '''''Pāraṭ''''' </i> corresponds to an Arabic root meaning to anticipate. It may therefore signify to improvise, to sing without care or preparation. the Revised Version (British and American) "to sing idle songs" suits the context. See Driver, <i> Joel and Amos </i> . </p>