A cappella
(Ah kah-PEL-lah)
[It., in the chapel style]
Choral or vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Palestrina: Missa in Festis Apostolorum I, "Agnus Dei"
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 42
- Ives: 67th Psalm
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 46
- Morley: Those dainty daffadillies
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 25
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