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February 19, 2007 at 12:25 pm #538589

garyewen
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Is it

a capella
…or…
acapella

Wikipedia says it isn’t acapella…. ummm

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February 19, 2007 at 12:25 pm #613624

garyewen
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Is it

a capella
…or…
acapella

Wikipedia says it isn’t acapella…. ummm

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February 19, 2007 at 2:07 pm #613634

davefj
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The Collins Reference English Dictionary says the word doesn’t exist in either spelling/format.

For a long time I always spelt it with 2 c’s, not sure why

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February 19, 2007 at 2:09 pm #613635

garyewen
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If not, isn’t it time it was added?

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February 19, 2007 at 2:10 pm #613636

garyewen
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Dictionary.com…

No results found for acapella.
Did you mean a capella (in dictionary) or A Capella (in encyclopedia)?

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February 19, 2007 at 3:26 pm #613649

sphan
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im pretty sure its with a capital a like this

A capella

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February 19, 2007 at 3:27 pm #613650

garyewen
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[quote quote="sphan":3vptk134]im pretty sure its with a capital a like this

A capella[/quote:3vptk134]

If the a is on its own, then yes, of course. But I am not sure it is…

Where is carol vorderman when you need her?

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February 19, 2007 at 3:50 pm #613654

garyewen
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ANSWER FOUND!!!

It is A Capella as it derives from alla capella….

Online Etymology Dictionary – Cite This Source
a capella

1876, earlier alla capella (1847), from It., "in the manner of the chapel," lit. "according to the chapel," from cappella "chapel." Originally in ref. to older church music (pre-1600) which was written for unaccompanied voices; applied 20c. to unaccompanied vocal music generally.

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February 19, 2007 at 7:23 pm #613673

The Cutter
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My resources tell me it is actually spelled as A Cappella(with 2 p’s not 1).

"A cappella is Italian for like in the chapel (music); the term is due to the fact that Christian churches sang without instrumental accompaniment for the first several hundred years of its existence."

Of course i’m sighting this from Wikipedia and we all know that this is subject to interpretation.

Herr. C.

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February 19, 2007 at 11:26 pm #613723

emcunderground
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[quote quote="sphan":1zbdvcp3]im pretty sure its with a capital a like this

A capella[/quote:1zbdvcp3]

yup. its "a cappella" but commonly spelled accapella and acappella

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February 20, 2007 at 7:18 am #613767

Sweet Cheesus
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From Michael Kennedy, _The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music_ (Oxford University Press, 1980):

"A Cappella…In the chapel style, which in choral singing has come to mean unaccompanied."

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February 21, 2007 at 10:06 pm #613978

Vitalogy
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i just asked my girlfriend this the other day because i had an acca of mine with two C’s and ive always spelled it with one
(acapella)

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February 22, 2007 at 2:26 pm #614052

harrydee
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Funny i only found this out earlier on before joining here . . . ! spooky! NO?

A Capella is derived from Latin and translated it means To sing in the style of choir/gospel/chorus, literally meaning no music just singing.

I don’t know how accurate my source for this is but i believe it to be true,

much love

Harry Dee

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http://www.harrydee.com

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February 22, 2007 at 2:29 pm #614053

garyewen
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I think we can close this topic now…

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February 22, 2007 at 11:53 pm #614094

sphan
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hey i was pretty close!

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February 23, 2007 at 12:06 am #614095

anisina
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Next question…. How do you spell Colour?

okay, topic – locked –

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