caccia

American  

[kah-chuh, kaht-chah] / ˈkɑ tʃə, ˈkɑt tʃɑ /

noun

cacce, plural caccias plural

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.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• cacce
  plural
• caccias
  plural

Etymology

Origin of caccia

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

Example Sentences

But she was accompanied by an intimidating solo Baroque flute and a pair of honking, tonally wayward bassoon-like oboes da caccia.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2015

Foscarini, Relatione 1618: 'Il re ritiene questa sorte di vita nella quale fu habituato, e spende tutto il tempo che puo nella caccia e ne studj.'

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von

The tenoroon, with which the oboe di caccia has been compared, was a high bassoon really on octave and a fifth below.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various

The Italian— Chi duo lepri caccia Uno perde, e l’altro lascia.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

A tenor bassoon, known as the oboe da caccia, or teneroon, also existed, and if my memory serves me right, Mr Stone rescued one of these instruments from the band of a London boys’ school. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir