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Definition of Toccatas

Toccata
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.

Meaning of Toccatas from wikipedia

- called Steps Volume 6: Toccatas and Fantasias, his six examples being designed to be interpolated between the seven Bach toccatas for harpsichord BWV 910-916...
- published works. Hilgenfeldt considers the Toccata and Fugue in F major the most accomplished of Bach's toccatas for organ. In Karl Hermann Bitter's 1865...
- Toccata and Fugue may refer to several classical compositions attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – the best known...
- The toccatas represent Bach's earliest keyboard compositions known under a collective title. The earliest sources of the BWV 910, 911 and 916 toccatas appear...
- up toccata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toccata is a type of virtuoso instrumental musical composition. Toccata may also refer to: Toccata (Khachaturian)...
- The Toccata in E-flat minor is a piece for solo piano written in 1932 by Aram Khachaturian. It is a favorite of piano students, and has been recorded...
- "A Toccata of Galuppi's" is a poem by Robert Browning, originally published in the 1855 collection Men and Women. The title refers to the fact that the...
- Pachelbel's toccatas consist of relatively fast p****agework in both hands over sustained pedal notes. Although a similar technique is emplo**** in toccatas by Froberger...
- Toccata classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005. The founder of Toccata classics is Martin Anderson, a music journalist...
- Trompeta Toccata is a 1964 jazz album by trumpeter Kenny Dorham. It was released by Blue Note Records in 1965 as BST 84181. It was remastered by original...