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Late Lat. capella, ital. cappella

1) Choir performing group. A similar meaning of the term “K.” did not receive immediately. From about the 8th c. it meant the place of departure of the church. services, as well as a contingent of clergy serving at the court, including choristers (all of them were called chaplains). Gradually choristers began to make up an increasing part of the church, and in the 15th century. K. turned into a team of choristers alone, headed by a bandmaster appointed from among them. With the development of instr. K.’s music usually turned into mixed ensembles, uniting singers and instrumentalists; along with ecclesiastical k., secular ones also appeared. Individual concertos were led by outstanding composers: J. S. Bach (C. Thomaskirche in Leipzig), J. Haydn (Prince Esterhazy’s painting), and others. arr. in landowners’ estates; the activities of the composers S. A. Degtyarev, S. I. Davydov, D. N. Kashin, and others are connected with them. Bortnyansky, M. I. Glinka, N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, M. A. Balakirev, A. S. Arensky, S. M. Lyapunov.

2) The designation of an orchestra of a special composition (military K., dance K., jazz K.), as well as the name of some major symphonies. orchestras (Dresden, Berlin, Weimar, Schwerin state orchestras).

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