Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Toccata"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Toccata \Toc*ca"ta\, n. [It., fr. toccare to touch. See
{Touch}.] (Mus.)
An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat
in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or
capriccio.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
toccata
n : 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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