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A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It? - Term Papers

A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?


A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical
terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is ...
a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's."
A Cappella, A Picky Definition

Musicologists have fun debating the extent to which a cappella, 'in the style of
the chapel,' can include instrumental accompaniment. Some argue that early
sacred a cappella performances would sometimes include instruments that double a
human voice part. So, the correct definition of a cappella should be something
like 'singing without independent instrumental accompaniment.'

At Primarily A Cappella, we are trying to popularize this style of ...

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for 'in the style of the
chapel' - a capella - has some historical basis. However, most other musical
terms - forte, accelerando, and many others - are Italian in origin. Since the
Italian spelling is more consistent with other musical terms, it has been used
more frequently.

Given the difficulty of spelling our favorite style of music, we'd like to
endorse the simplicity of a single spelling:

a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's."
singing without instruments

Acappella

Joining the two Italian words together to make Acappella is a popular variation
in the U.S. For many streetcorner singing fans, Acappella means unaccompanied
singing of 'fifties (and early 'sixties) songs. There were a series of
recordings released in the early 1960's of Mid-Atlantic unaccompanied doo-wop
groups called "The Best of Acappella." The liner notes on the first LP noted
that Acappella means "singing without music." In this matter we do tend ...

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Added: 5/13/2007 03:46:21 AM
Category: Music & Musicians
Type: Free Paper
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