Ricercar Definition

rēchərkär
noun
Any of various polyphonic instrumental compositions of the 16th and 17th cent.
Webster's New World

An instrumental musical composition, fugal in style but in a more serious character and with longer notes.

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Other Word Forms of Ricercar

Noun

Singular:
ricercar
Plural:
ricercars

Origin of Ricercar

  • It < ricercare, seek, search

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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