Toccata

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Keyboard Showcase

A toccata highlights the performer's skill on keyboard instruments like piano or organ.

The virtuoso's toccata was a dazzling display of her keyboard mastery.

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Classical Genre

It's a term most often used in classical music, rare in pop or rock genres.

I'm learning a classical toccata, not a pop song, for my recital.

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Baroque Association

Toccatas are strongly associated with the Baroque period, composers like Bach are famous for them.

Most of the well-known toccatas were composed during the Baroque era.