A CAPPELLA
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a cappella
adv. without instrumental accompaniment; in a chapel or church style (Music)

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A cappella
A cappella (Italian for "in the manner of the church" or "in the manner of the chapel", also see gospel music and choir) music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style. In the 19th century a renewed interest in Renaissance polyphony coupled with an ignorance of the fact that vocal parts were often doubled by instrumentalists led to the term coming to mean unaccompanied vocal music. Today, a cappella also includes sample/loop "vocal only" productions by producers like Jimmy Spice CurryTeddy RileyBjörkImogen HeapWyclef Jean and others.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
A cappella
In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

  
 
A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.

  

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A cappella
In church [style] i.e. Vocal music only

A Spanish-English Dictionary (Granada University, Spain), 13.03.31Download this dictionary
a cappella
= a cappella.
Ex: Stanford currently boasts nine a capella groups.


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