toccata
noun
a composition in the style of an improvisation, for the piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the player's technique.
toccatas
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pluralof toccata.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Nodding to the keyboard toccatas of Bach’s father, the piece is like a spiraling stream of notes, tossed between the hands.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
Worse, they lead you to hope for thrilling toccatas and fugues when all you get from Bill Frisell’s music is misty watercolor pop.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
In the Baroque perfection of his preludes, fugues, toccatas and fantasias, she said, one could find the order that is not always visible in the melee of human life.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
Alison Chitty's bullring-inspired designs, opening with video of a slow-churning black sea which also accompanies the orchestral interludes, called toccatas, retains its raw grandeur.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
Then in some inexplicable fashion it came to stand as a generic term for instrumental compositions such as toccatas, sonatas, etc.
From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Henry Edward Krehbiel
