caccia

[ kah-chuh; Italian kaht-chah ]

noun

, plural cac·ce [kah, -chey, kaht, -che], cac·cias.

1. a 14th-century Italian vocal form for two voices in canon plus an independent tenor, with a text describing the hunt or the cries and noises of village life.

Word History and Origins

Origin of caccia¹

< Italian: literally, a hunt; catch, chase ¹

Example Sentences

Artists like Orsola Maddalena Caccia will be unfamiliar to most, and yet she has six works in the exhibition.

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It was here that he wrote his Ambra and his Caccia col Falcone; in both of these poems the beautiful scenery round plays its part.

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An English horn (oboe da caccia), eighteenth century; probably made in England.

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It so happened that Lorenzo de' Medici, that monster of genius, had not long printed his Caccia col falcone.

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Que' non vedendo ne huomo, ne bestia, che il cacciasse, dissero: "Mostraci chi ti caccia: et menaci cola one ella ."

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It would be interesting to see the 1565 and 1576 editions of Caccia, and note the changes and additions that can be found in them.

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