Caccia
A form of 14th-century Italian poetry and music. The text often deals
with hunting and fishing scenes or with similar realistic subjects (a fire,
cries of street vendors, etc.). The musical form is a strict canon
in two parts, the second usually beginning six or more measures after the
first, which is followed by a ritornello
that sometimes is also canonic. The two "chasing" voices are usually
supported by a tenor line in longer note values that does not imitate the
canon melody.