Ricercar

What is Ricercar?


1.

A type of instrumental piece popular in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. It is considered to be an early form of the fugue.

Alternatively, a car belonging to a ricer.

J.S. Bach's Musical Offering, although consisting predominantly of canons and fugues, contains two lesser-known ricercars as well.

See ricer, car, music, bach, fugue, baroque, classical


40

Random Words:

1. Being of a similar writing style, mind-set , weirdness, or personality as that of Kurt Vonnegut or one of his books. (Can also mean any..
1. A game Domonated buy males played anywhare at any time. combatents use only there index fingers as swords the object being to "st..
1. Means "chair" in French. Often misused by Americans who think that "chaise lounge" is an actual object, when the rea..