Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in the style of the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
Music without any non-vocal instrumental accompaniment is referred to as a cappella. [1] Vocal music typically features sung words called lyrics, although there are notable examples of vocal music that are performed using non-linguistic syllables, sounds, or noises, sometimes as musical onomatopoeia, such as jazz scat singing.
The RPI Glee Club of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, established in 1873, was one of the earliest known collegiate a cappella groups. [2] The longest continuously operating group is thought to be The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, [3] which was formed in 1909 to create a musical group with a more "modern" sound than that of the Yale Glee Club, and named for the lyrics to Little Nemo, a ...
Acappella is used as an adjective and adverb that mean unaccompanied singing. Similar spellings, such as Acappella and variants, usually capitalized, may also refer to: Music
The annual A cappella Video Awards (AVA) aim is to recognize the best of a cappella video. The AVA mission reflects that of its parent organization, the Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA), to reward artists that create outstanding work and to promote innovation, creativity, and continued growth of the a cappella medium.
The Yale Whiffenpoofs is a collegiate a cappella singing group at Yale University.Established in 1909, it is the oldest such group in the United States. Best known for "The Whiffenpoof Song", [1] the group is composed of 14 senior students who compete for admission in the spring of their junior year. [2]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Klapa music is a form of traditional a cappella singing with origins in Dalmatia, Croatia. [1] The word klapa translates as "a group of friends" and traces its roots to littoral church singing. [2] The motifs in general celebrate love, wine (grapes), country (homeland) and sea. Main elements of the music are harmony and melody, with rhythm very ...