Plural of caccia, an Italian hunting song or instrumental piece from the 14th century, typically featuring lively, imitative melodies.
From Italian 'caccia' meaning 'hunt,' derived from Latin 'cactiare.' The term was applied to musical compositions that imitated the sounds and excitement of hunting scenes, popular during the medieval period.
Caccias are like the original programmatic music—composers were trying to paint pictures with sound centuries before Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons,' using music to capture the chaos and excitement of a medieval hunt.
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