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Word: evensong (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choir has been building all month toward an evensong for All Saints. On the big afternoon, they assemble for a final rehearsal. Nothing goes right. The choir's attempt at a Nunc Dimittis produces dissonance and glances of distress. Some heretic in the alto section sings "Holy Spirit" when everybody else is singing "Holy Ghost." Twice Barber loses his place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Connecticut: Blending Voices | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...Then the evensong begins, with the choir in blue robes and white cottas. They sing intensely about a voice from heaven, and as they intone the words "Blessed are the dead, blessed are the dead . . ." bass, tenor, alto and soprano seem to wheel around one another, in an eerie polyphony that rolls across the congregation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Connecticut: Blending Voices | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...prescribed in the Rule of St. Benedict, the definitive ninth-century handbook for spiritual reflection. After rounds, they meet for a midday service of psalms and prayers at 12:30 p.m., followed by a lunch of soup, salad, and bread. At 5:40 p.m., they have choir practice, with evensong at 6:00. After that, the community has supper, and then, on talking days, they have recreation at 7:00 p.m. "We all go up to the top common room, chatter for half an hour, and make cocoa. If somebody has received a distinction or is departing, then we have...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: The Monks of Harvard Square | 4/10/1986 | See Source »

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