ACAPPELLA

A cappella

A cappella 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.

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Acappella

Acappella is an all-male Contemporary Christian vocal group founded in 1982 by Keith Lancaster, who has been singer, songwriter and producer throughout the group's history. The group consists of singers only, making music without instrumental accompaniment.

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a cappella

Adjective

  1. singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.<ref name=SOED/>
    An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception.
  2. alla breve.

Adverb

  1. 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.
    Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts.
  2. In alla breve time.


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