cassa – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term cassa in music:

drum
bass drum
box, chest
swell box (enclosure in an organ with pipes and shutters that can be opened or closed to regulate the volume)

Language

Italian

Singular

cassa

Plural

casse

Abbreviation

C.

Italian musical terms that include cassa:

cassa aperta – swell open
cassa armonica – sound box, soundboard...
cassa chiara – snare drum
cassa rullante – snare drum...
gran cassa – orchestral bass drum (large bass drum played with ...
pedale per cassa – bass drum pedal

Music scores that include cassa:

Geremia Saltelli: Sinfonia per Organo (ca. 1880) Page 2
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) Page 1
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (1867) Page 1
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol (1887) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to cassa:

bodhrán – bodhrán (frame drum used in Irish traditional musi...
caccavèlla – friction drum
caixa – caixa (Brazilian snare drum)
conga – conga
darabouka – type of goblet drum with origins in Ancient Egypt ...
freno a tamburo – brake drum (percussion instrument)
kalangu – talking drum
octoban – octoban (small and long drum, sometimes used as pa...
putipù – friction drum
rototom – rototom (type of drum)
ruggito del leone – lion's roar (drum in the style of the Brazilian cu...
rullante – snare drum...
surdo – surdo (bass drum used in different kinds of Brazil...
tabla – tabla (pair of drums)
tam-tam – tamtam (unpitched kind of gong used in the symphon...
tamborim – tamborim (Brazilian frame drum)
tamburo a cornice – frame drum
tamburo a fessura – slit drum
tamburo da parata – marching drum
tamburo grande – orchestral bass drum (large bass drum played with ...
tamburo grosso – orchestral bass drum (large bass drum played with ...
tamburo militare – military drum
tamburo parlante – talking drum
tamburo piccolo – piccolo snare drum
tamburo piccolo con corda – piccolo snare drum with snares
tamburo piccolo senza corda – piccolo snare drum without snares
tamburo rullante – snare drum
tamburone – (obsolete meaning) bass drum
timbales – timbales (Cuban drums played in pairs)
timbales latinoamericani – timbales (Cuban drums played in pairs)
tom – tom drum, tom-tom
tom-tom – tom drum, tom-tom