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toc·ca·ta (t

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A virtuoso composition, usually for the organ or another keyboard instrument, in free style with brilliant passagework.

[Italian, from feminine past participle of toccare, to touch, from Vulgar Latin *toccre.]

toccata [təˈkɑːtə]

(Music / Classical Music) a rapid keyboard composition for organ, harpsichord, etc., dating from the baroque period, usually in a rhythmically free style

[from Italian, literally: touched, from toccare to play (an instrument), touch]

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Noun

toccata - a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style

musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

Translations

toccata [təˈkɑːtə] N → tocata f

toccata

n → Toccata f

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