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单词 a cappella
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a cappellaadv.adj.n.

Brit. /ˌa kəˈpɛlə/, /ˌɑː kəˈpɛlə/, U.S. /ˌɑ kəˈpɛlə/
Forms: 1700s–1800s à capella, 1800s– a capella, 1800s– a cappella, 1900s– acapella, 1900s– acappella.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian a cappella.
Etymology: < Italian a cappella without instrumental accompaniment (c1600; frequently in canto a cappella , stile a cappella ), literally ‘in the style of a chapel’ < a to, according to + cappella chapel n. The chant is so called on account of its original use in the Christian liturgy (compare the note at plainsong n. 1). With sense A. 2 compare alla capella adv.; there is apparently no evidence for the use of a cappella in this sense in Italian.With the forms with single medial -p-, compare post-classical Latin stilus a capella (1725 or earlier).
Music.
A. adv.
1. Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [adverb] > without or with unison accompaniment
alla capella1742
a cappella1785
1785 C. Burney Acct. Musical Performances ii. 79 This fugue, which is purely vocal, and à Capella, as the instruments have no other business assigned them than that of doubling and enforcing the voice-parts, may fairly be compared with movements of the same kind in Palestrina, Tallis, and Bird.
1885 Times 14 July 4/3 It is a double chorus, written a capella in the style of Palestrina.
1921 E. E. Simpson Hist. St. Olaf Choir 179 Christiansen has thru all the years preferred to train his choirs..to sing all their formal numbers acapella (unaccompanied).
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 4/1 A cappella or a capella... This refers to the period up to and including the sixteenth century when church music was written for unaccompanied voices... Hence nowadays often used of choral music as a synonym for ‘unaccompanied’.
1971 Ebony Nov. 32/1 She sings a long soulful passage a cappella before moving in to back herself up on a hardhitting, churchified piano.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Aug. b5/1 She closed her set by singing, a cappella, a series of Yoruba chant-phrases, leaving it to the band to figure out a groove for it as she left the stage.
2. = alla breve adv. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adverb] > type of rhythm
alla breve1740
alla capella1742
a cappella1841
square1960
1841 J. F. Warner Universal Dict. Musical Terms p. xx/1 in tr. G. Weber Gen. Music Teacher Used as a designation of time, the expression A Cappella, or Alla Cappella, means nearly the same as Alla-breve;—as an indication of style, a cappella or alla cappella is equivalent to church style, i. e. the style of the chapel or church.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating unaccompanied vocal music. In earlier use as postmodifier.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > [adjective] > accompanied by music > not
unstringed1597
a cappella1814
1814 A. Burgh Anecd. Mus. II. xxx. 86 In this particular, indeed, the compositions à Capella of Cyprian Rore, and Orlando Lasso are greatly inferior to those of Palestrina.
1887 T. Baker Man. Counterpoint i. ii. 39 The augmented fifth enters unprepared in the seventh measure; such a leading belongs to free rather than to strict harmony (though many such might be pointed out in a cappella compositions).
1901 Daily News 3 Jan. 6/3 ‘The 100th Psalm’, which is written for eight voices—a capella style.
1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era iv. 36 A succession of delicate and refined a cappella composers, such as Mendelssohn and Brahms.
1989 Atlantic Apr. 88/2 The a capella harmonies of black gospel quartets.
2010 Cathedral Music May 39/2 The first half is devoted to a cappella sacred music which, whilst it panders to the stereotype of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, is passionate, deeply-felt and thrilling.
C. n.
A cappella singing, now esp. (chiefly U.S.) regarded as a genre of popular music. Also: a musical piece sung a cappella.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > other types of piece
tinternel1573
aubade1678
nome1705
accompaniment1728
potboiler1783
raga1789
elegy1808
improvisation1824
pièce d'occasion1830
morceau de salon1854
tum-tum1859
murky1876
test-piece1876
invention1880
monodia1880
serenata1883
monody1887
dumka1895
incidental number1904
a cappella1905
folk-tune1907
realization1911
nosebleeder1921
show tune1927
sicilienne1927
estampie1937
ballad1944
Siciliana1947
hard rocker1957
rabble-rouser1958
display1959
mobile1961
soundscape1968
grower1973
lounge1978
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music
a cappella1905
soundclash1925
marabi1933
doo-wop1958
filk1959
folk-rock1963
Liverpool sound1963
Mersey beat1963
Mersey sound1963
surf music1963
malombo1964
mbaqanga1964
easy listening1965
disco music1966
Motown1966
boogaloo1967
power pop1967
psychedelia1967
yé-yé1967
agitpop1968
bubblegum1968
Tamla Motown1968
Tex-Mex1968
downtempo1969
taarab1969
thrash1969
world music1969
funk1970
MOR1970
tropicalism1970
Afrobeat1971
electro-pop1971
post-rock1971
techno-pop1971
Tropicalia1971
tropicalismo1971
disco1972
Krautrock1972
schlager1973
Afropop1974
punk funk1974
disco funk1975
Europop1976
mgqashiyo1976
P-funk1976
funkadelia1977
karaoke music1977
alternative music1978
hardcore1978
psychobilly1978
punkabilly1978
R&B1978
cowpunk1979
dangdut1979
hip-hop1979
Northern Soul1979
rap1979
rapping1979
jit1980
trance1980
benga1981
New Romanticism1981
post-punk1981
rap music1981
scratch1982
scratch-music1982
synth-pop1982
electro1983
garage1983
Latin1983
Philly1983
New Age1984
New Age music1985
ambient1986
Britpop1986
gangster rap1986
house1986
house music1986
mbalax1986
rai1986
trot1986
zouk1986
bhangra1987
garage1987
hip-house1987
new school1987
old school1987
thrashcore1987
acid1988
acid house1988
acid jazz1988
ambience1988
Cantopop1988
dance1988
deep house1988
industrial1988
swingbeat1988
techno1988
dream pop1989
gangsta rap1989
multiculti1989
new jack swing1989
noise-pop1989
rave1989
Tejano1989
breakbeat1990
chill-out music1990
indie1990
new jack1990
new jill swing1990
noisecore1990
baggy1991
drum and bass1991
gangsta1991
handbag house1991
hip-pop1991
loungecore1991
psychedelic trance1991
shoegazing1991
slowcore1991
techno-house1991
gabba1992
jungle1992
sadcore1992
UK garage1992
darkcore1993
dark side1993
electronica1993
G-funk1993
sampladelia1994
trip hop1994
break1996
psy-trance1996
nu skool1997
folktronica1999
dubstep2002
Bongo Flava2003
grime2003
Bongo2004
singeli2015
1905 Eccl. Rev. May 522 At the Westminster Cathedral, in London, the organ is subordinated to the singing, and the a capella is used a great deal.
1936 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. ii. 7/2 A major portion of the program was sung through the difficult medium of a capella.
1968 Ada (Okla.) Weekly News 8 Feb. 6/8 ‘America, Our Heritage’ has been chosen for the accompaniment but the a cappella is still undecided.
1972 Chicago Tribune 25 Feb. ii. 14/1 Gideon Daniels and his three-man vocal group known collectively as Power venture into a cappella in their frenzied gospel travels occasionally.
1993 Atlantic Oct. 106/2 Rap can also be compared to 1950s a cappella or doo-wop.
2007 Amer. Music 25 478 Collegiate a cappella takes popular recordings as its raw material.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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