toccatinan.
/ˌtɒkəˈtiːnə/, U.S. /ˌtɑkəˈtinə/ Music.
A short toccata. Also toccatella /tɒkəˈtɛlə/.
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1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 284 Toccatina, a small research when we have not time to perform it in all its parts.
1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 130/1 Dupont has published a little pf. piece entitled Toccatella.
1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 130/1 The same composer [sc. Rheinberger] has used the diminutive term Toccatina for one of a set of short pieces.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 937/1 Widor in his seventh Organ Symphony has a toccatina—a sort of Perpetuum Mobile.
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