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toc·ca·ta T0245300 (tə-kä′tə)n. 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 *toccāre.]toccata (təˈkɑːtə) n (Classical Music) a rapid keyboard composition for organ, harpsichord, etc, dating from the baroque period, usually in a rhythmically free style[C18: from Italian, literally: touched, from toccare to play (an instrument), touch]toc•ca•ta (təˈkɑ tə) n. pl. -tas, -te (-ti, -teɪ) a composition in the style of an improvisation, for the piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the player's technique. [1715–25; < Italian, n. use of feminine past participle of toccare to touch] toccataKeyboard work to display virtuosity.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | toccata - a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free stylemusical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | Translationstoccata
toccata (təkä`tə, tō–) [Ital.,=touched], type of musical composition. Early examples were written for various instruments, but the best-known form of toccata originated about the beginning of the 17th cent. Free in form, it was one of the first attempts at idiomatic writing for keyboard instruments, in contrast to the strictly contrapuntal pieces of the Renaissance. The toccata was usually rhapsodic, often interspersing rapid passages of brilliant figuration with fugal sections. Andrea Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Sweelinck, Froberger, Buxtehude, and Bach were outstanding masters of the toccata style. Schumann wrote a toccata for piano in sonata form. As a brilliant showpiece the toccata persists today in organ composition.Toccata a virtuoso composition for a keyboard instrument, such as piano or organ, characterized by a quick tempo and rhythmic precision and calling for chords to be attacked sharply. Examples of piano toccatas may be found in the works of R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, S. S. Prokofiev, A. I. Khachaturian, and D. D. Shostakovich. From the 16th to the 18th century, organ toccatas were improvisational in nature and related to the prelude and fantasia. They usually formed the introduction to an instrumental cycle, as in J. S. Bach’s toccata and fugue cycles. toccata a rapid keyboard composition for organ, harpsichord, etc., dating from the baroque period, usually in a rhythmically free style TOCCATA
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Words related to toccatanoun a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free styleRelated Words- musical composition
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