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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1724, from Italian toccata , from toccare "to touch," from Vulgar Latin *toccare (see touch (v.)). "A composition for a keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the touch and technique of the performer, and having the air of an improvisation" [OED].
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The Toccata in C major, Op. 7 by Robert Schumann , was completed in 1836. The piece is in sonata-allegro form . When the work was completed in 1836, Schumann believed it was the "hardest piece ever written. A series of chords introduce the main theme, which ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Crossley is as effective in the searching ruminations of the slow movements as in the steely toccatas.
Usage examples of toccata.
Arietta by Antonio Salieri, then she played a Toccata by Leonardo Leo, a Gavotte by Rameau, a Gigue by Sebastian Bach.
He nodded to Viola (Hypolydian Duet) Toccata, whom he knew only slightly, and was introduced to Celesta and Clarino, both of the Psalm chord, who nodded gravely to him.
Drkh are about halfway up the aisle, Waterhouse slams into that old chestnut, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, except that he's transposing it into C-sharp minor as he goes along, because (according to a very elegant calculation that just came into his head as he was running up the aisle of the church) it ought to sound good that way when played in Mr.
Twenty slender digits stabbed at the keyboard in a swift toccata of statement, foresting the screen with symbols.