OBOE DI CACCIA, i. e. hunting oboe (Fagottino; Tenoroon). An old name for an instrument of the Oboe or Bassoon family standing in the F or E♭ between those respectively in use. It occurs frequently in the scores of Bach, who assigns prominent solo and concerted parts to it. There is also a double part for instruments of this nature in Purcell's ‘Dioclesian
’; and two important movements, the ‘O quam tristis
’ and the ‘Virgo virginum praeclaraVirgo virginum praeclara...
