Definitions for: Toccata

[n] a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music