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noun
An instrumental musical composition, fugal in style but in a more serious character and with longer notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Italian ri- Italian cercare Italian ricercarebor. English ricercar Borrowed from Italian ricercare.
