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toccata (təkä`tə, tō–) [Ital.,=touched], type of musical composition. Early examples were written for various instruments, but the best-known form of toccata originated about the beginning of the 17th cent. Free in form, it was one of the first attempts at idiomatic writing for keyboard instruments, in contrast to the strictly contrapuntal pieces of the Renaissance. The toccata was usually rhapsodic, often interspersing rapid passages of brilliant figuration with fugal sections. Andrea Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Sweelinck, Froberger, Buxtehude, and Bach were outstanding masters of the toccata style. Schumann wrote a toccata for piano in sonata form. As a brilliant showpiece the toccata persists today in organ composition. toccata a rapid keyboard composition for organ, harpsichord, etc., dating from the baroque period, usually in a rhythmically free style How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Sny [Dreams], Album Leaves (B major, B flat minor, Toccatinas in B major, G major, G minor, E flat minor, B flat minor), Andante in E flat major, Polkas (E major, G minor, A major, F minor), Wedding Scenes nbsp;and Toccatinas from 2000 (Ultimo Productions). Praised for its energy and rhythmic intensity, her piano music was recently made available on a CD entitled "Brazilian Toccatas and Toccatinas. |
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