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toccata


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toccata  \Toc*ca"ta\,  n.  [It.,  fr  toccare  to  touch.  See 
  {Touch}.]  (Mus.) 
  An  old  form  of  piece  for  the  organ  or  harpsichord,  somewhat 
  in  the  free  and  brilliant  style  of  the  prelude,  fantasia,  or 
  capriccio. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  toccata 
  n  :  a  baroque  musical  composition  (usually  for  a  keyboard 
  instrument)  with  full  chords  and  rapid  elaborate  runs  in 
  a  rhythmically  free  style 




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