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Definition of Ricercare
1. [n -CARI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricercare
Literary usage of Ricercare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Organ by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"Their favourite art-form was the ricercare, which is described by Pre- torius as a
... The word ricercare means "sought out": its English equivalent was ..."
2. The Story of Organ Music by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1905)
"the ricercare. The larger English compositions were called Fantasias, or Fancies,
... The Fantasia was the English name for the ricercare, but the words ..."
3. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"From the' verb, ricercare, to seek again, search: originally a prelude which
sought to draw the attention of the listeners and prepare for the principal ..."
4. An Elizabethan Virginal Book: Being a Critical Essay on the Contents of a by Edward Woodall Naylor (1905)
"The thing called Fugue existed in the i6th century under the name Fantasia, or
ricercare. The name " Fancy " was common in England in the ..."
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