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toccata definition

toc·cata (tə kät′ə)

noun

a composition in free style for the organ, piano, etc., generally characterized by the use of full chords and running passages and often used as the prelude of a fugue

Etymology: It, orig. fem. of pp. of toccare < VL, to touch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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