toccata
IPA: tˈɑkˈɑtʌ
noun
- (music) A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.
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Examples of "toccata" in Sentences
- The final movement is a glittering toccata.
- I really don't like the Toccata and Fugue example.
- This variation is another two part virtuosic toccata.
- Busoni's transcription of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- He was one of the earliest developers of the keyboard toccata.
- The toccata is thought to be written after 1714, and the fugue before 1731.
- In such cases the toccata is used in place of the usually more stable prelude.
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