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a cappella

Also known as acappella, a cappella music, a cappella vocal music

group or solo singing without instrumental sound

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A cappella is singing performed by a group or solo artist without any instrumental accompaniment. It has been an important form of musical expression across many cultures and time periods, from religious choral traditions to modern pop groups.

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Music performed a cappella (/ˌɑː kəˈpɛlə/ AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also /ˌæ kəˈpɛlə/ AK ə-PEL-ə; Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; lit. 'in [the style of] the chapel'), less commonly spelled a capella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term a cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphonic and Baroque concertato musical styles. 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. The term is also used, rarely, as a synonym for alla breve.

Early history