Caccia (music)
In the 14th and early 15th centuries, caccia was the usual name in Italy for a (three-part) composition in which a text related to hunting or used as an allegory is set to music for the most part in strict melodic imitation of the two upper parts ( canon ) . It is unclear whether the designation comes from the subject of the texts or from the voices “chasing” each other.
The addition da caccia for musical instruments (e.g. corno da caccia , oboe da caccia ) for instruments from the Baroque period is borrowed from the basic idea of hunting pleasure at that time. It is not primarily about hunting , but more about an expression of joie de vivre while staying in the great outdoors and in the forest. For this purpose, instruments were constructed which on the one hand have their origins in the hunting tradition ( olifant , Hifthorn , Parforcehorn ), but on the other hand also meet the high demands of the soloist parts of baroque music .