Hunting was often an extravagant event, portrayed in Italian art and music throughout the Medieval and Renaissance eras. The caccia (Italian for “hunt”) is a type of song that was popularized by composers Giovanni da Cascia and Jacopo da Bologna in the mid-14th century. The hunting in these cacce is depicted both musically and textually. The upper parts are in canon, so there is an audible hunt as the parts “chase” each other. The words are very descriptive, often involving onomatopoeia, the names of the hunter’s dogs, and the like.
Here is a beautiful recording of Magister Piero’s Con brachi assai, by the ensemble Rumorum.