RICERCAR


Meaning of RICERCAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrē-(ˌ)chər-ˈkär ]

noun

or ri·cer·ca·re -ˈkä-(ˌ)rā

( plural ricercars or ri·cer·ca·ri -ˈkä-(ˌ)rē)

Etymology: Italian, from ricercare to seek again, seek out, from ri- re- (from Latin re- ) + cercare to seek, from Late Latin circare to go about — more at search

Date: 1789

: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.