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a cappella

group or solo singing without instrumental sound
Intangible music_genre Q185298
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Summary

a cappella is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,114 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: musical form[3]
  • Subclass of: vocal music[4]
  • Commons category: A cappella music[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:A cappella[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Myggans nöjeslexikon: 1 A–Barc (Swedish)[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[11]
  • Different from: a cappella group[12]

Why It Matters

a cappella has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Back ache · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.30daysinger.com/blog/the-art-of-a-cappella-singing
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Described at url: https://www.30daysinger.com/blog/the-art-of-a-cappella-singing"
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