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I just went to another Lenten concert, and this week the "specialty of the day" was a pair of corni da caccia (which I hope the program spelled correctly as corno da caccia singular and that I guessed that corni is the plural). I had not been familiar with this instrument. If I had been listening to a recording without knowing what they were, I'd have said they were French horns playing high notes. Here is a picture of one: imageThe program said that they are hunting horns, and further that these two (played by a U of L faculty member and a graduate student) were the only pair in the United States. Frankly, I find this a little hard to believe. Are they really that rare? I can say they certainly were not a matched pair: one was obviously older, with a burnished-but-dull well, brass color; the other was bright-and-shiny new, nearly a white-metallic color. FTR, there were also a French horn, a Fluegelhorn, a violin, and an organ.
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Did they play Leopold Mozart's Jagdsinfonie or "Sinfonia da Caccia for 4 horns and Strings "? I read that it calls for shotguns and barking dogs, making the piece especially suited to performance in Kentucky...
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shotguns and barking dogs This was in a church, Sirrah! Have you no sense of propriety?! Shotguns and barking dogs are for concert-hall performances only.
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sheesh, J, shotguns and churches traditionally go together like husband and wife! :] Sounds a fun concert. Friday night I'm going to hear all the early Beethoven cello & piano sonatas; I'll think of all the music-lovers amongst you.
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I'd much rather go hear Billy Cobham.
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> Billy Cobham me, too! 
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Jackie, I guess the hunting horn has evolved! The one illustrated in your link looks more complicated than I had expected, more like a French horn. Then I checked out one of the ads below the string, and they showed more expensive versions of the lightweight and not very melodious horn I use in Christmas and New Year's decorations, a simple
belled-at-the-end loop with a mouthpiece.
Wow! I have a decoration that is a replica of an instrument with a name that sounds like a recipe!
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an instrument with a name that sounds like a recipe!
Chili con corni da caccia
Cut game (venison, pheasant, boar) into chunks and brown in a stew pot. Add onions, garlic, tomatoes, oregano, chili peppers (minced) and salt with a little red wine and simmer a long time. Serve by pouring into the big end of a French horn.
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how much salt? and how much is a "little" red wine? oh, and how long is a long time?
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