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Noun: toccata  tu'kaa-tu
  1. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
    "Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is a famous organ piece"

Derived forms: toccatas

Type of: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

Encyclopedia: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564