O Antiphons

Holiday / observanceDecember 22

O Antiphons

Christian feast day: O Rex

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When
December 22
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The O Antiphons are antiphons used at Vespers during the Magnificat on the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions. They likely date to sixth-century Italy, when Boethius refers to the text in The Consolation of Philosophy. They subsequently became one of the key musical features of the days leading up to Christmas.

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