a cappella
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
a cappella
- (music) A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
a cappella
- (music) In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts.
- (obsolete, music) In alla breve time.
- French: a cappella
- German: a cappella
- Italian: a cappella
- Portuguese: a cappella, a capela
- Russian: а капе́лла
- Spanish: a cappella
a cappella
- (music) Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception.
- (music, US) Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
- (obsolete, music) alla breve.
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