ricercar
/ˌriːtʃəˈkɑː
/ /ˈriːtʃəˌkɑː /(also ricercare /ˌriːtʃəˈkɑːreɪ/ /ˌriːtʃəˈkɑːri/)
noun (plural ricercars or ricercari) Music
An elaborate contrapuntal instrumental composition in fugal or canonic style, typically of the 16th to 18th centuries.In the Mulliner Book the term is applied in this way, and voluntaries there are seen to be a sort of contrapuntal fantasia or ricercar without any cantus firmus....
- In the music, a complex web of ricercars, or intricate contrapuntal studies, seems to reflect the labyrinth of Saragossa's subterranean corridors through which the prisoner stumbles.
- At this point I compared the structures of Bach's two ricercars with that of Handel's Fuga V.
Origin
From Italian ricercare 'search out'.
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