单词 | a cappella |
释义 | a cappellaadv.adj.n. Music. A. adv. 1. Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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