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Webster 1913 Edition
A cappella
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A cap-pel′la
.[It. See
Chapel
.] (Mus.)
(a)
In church or chapel style; – said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment;
as, a mass
. a capella
, i. e., a mass purely vocal(b)
A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.