A cappella

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adverbial phrase 1.3 See Also 1.4 Translations

English

Etymology

From Italian phrase "a cappella" meaning "in the style of the Sistine Chapel " (in Rome, where services used choirs with no instruments)

Adverbial phrase

a cappella

1. (Music) performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)"; such as a musical Mass done a capella
2. (Music) A time indication, equivalent to alla breve

See Also

• cappella
• chapel

Translations

• Italian: a cappella