cor de chasse

Definition of the French term cor de chasse in music:

  1. hunting horn
  2. organ stop usually of 16' or 8' pitch of variable tone (equivalent to "Hunting Horn" in English, "Waldhorn" in German, and "Corno di Caccia" in Italian)
Language
French
Singular
cor de chasse
Plural
cors de chasse
Abbreviation
Cor. Ch.
Alt. abbreviation
C. Ch.

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French musical terms related to cor de chasse:

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