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thumb|upright=1.35|The first page of Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach's [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565]]
Toccata (from Italian toccare, literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers. Less frequently, the name is applied to works for multiple instruments (the opening of Claudio Monteverdi's
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
piece of organ music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538
organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540
organ toccata and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata
composition for piano by Sergei Prokofiev
Toccata
composition for piano by Aram Khachaturian
Toccatas for Keyboard (Bach)
group of seven keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach
Toccata
musical composition by Robert Schumman