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Spelling - Adrian Drover, 24 Mar 10:02AM
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Posted by Adrian Drover - 24 Mar 10:02AM
My Italian isn't very good. How do you spell "a capella"? My Oxford dictionary shows two versions, one p or two p's. Should there be some kind of accent on the first "a"? Or shall I just write "unaccompanied" and show my musical ignorance ;-)
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Posted by Robin Walker - 24 Mar 10:18AM (edited 24 Mar 10:19AM)
"a cappella" is the Italian spelling traditionally used in music.

"capella" would be a Latin-based spelling.

See http://www.singers.com/a-cappella.html

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Posted by Adrian Drover - 24 Mar 10:33AM
Great! Thanx, Robin.
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Spelling - Adrian Drover, 24 Mar 10:02AM
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