psalmody vs recitative

psalmody

noun
  • The singing or the writing of psalms. 

  • A collection of psalms. 

verb
  • To celebrate in psalms. 

recitative

noun
  • dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot 

adj
  • of a recital 

How often have the words psalmody and recitative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )