toccata Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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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Toc*ca"ta noun
Etymology
It., fr. toccare to touch. See Touch.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

Webster 1913