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1. (n. pl.) toccata
a composition in the style of an improvisation, for the piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the player's technique.
Etymology: (1715–25; < It, n. use of fem. ptp. of toccare to touch)
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1. (noun) toccata
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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1. (noun) toccata
an old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio
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