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toccata
[toccata 词源字典]
toccata:
see
touch
[toccata etymology, toccata origin, 英语词源]
toccata (n.)
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].