ricercar
noun
ri·cer·car
ˌrē-(ˌ)chər-ˈkär
variants
or ricercare
plural ricercars or ricercari
ˌrē-(ˌ)chər-ˈkä-(ˌ)rē
: any of various usually keyboard musical forms especially of the 16th and 17th centuries in either quasi-improvisatory toccata style or strict polyphonic fugal style
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