A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?

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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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