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

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

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 Germans still call it the Waldhorn, i.e., "forest horn;" the old French name was cor de chasse, the Italian corno di caccia.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward