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ricercare

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ricercare [ˌriːtʃəˈkɑːreɪ], ricercar [ˈriːtʃəˌkɑː]
n pl -cari [-ˈkɑːriː], -cars (in music of the 16th and 17th centuries)
1. (Music / Classical Music) an elaborate polyphonic composition making extensive use of contrapuntal imitation and usually very slow in tempo
2. (Music / Classical Music) an instructive composition to illustrate instrumental technique; étude.
[Italian, literally: to seek again]


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Il giovine s'indegna davanti alla possibilita di ricercare un impiego presso il nuovo governo e l'esclamazione conclusiva rivela il fulcro su cui sono accentrate queste lettere circostanti e quelle del dialogo: "Letterati
Nel ricercare i sintomi fisici e gli effetti nel comportamento che questa scoperta causa nei personaggi, non ho potuto evitare di notare come quesri siano simili a quelli descritti da Sartre nei romanzo La nausee.
Banks adds to this repertory a group of pieces he calls "consort ricercare," a category that includes pieces which have always been assumed to be instrumental, like Josquin's La Bernadina.
 
 
 
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