Ricercar

What is Ricercar?


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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


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