Toccatas

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

piece of organ music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach

organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach

organ toccata and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach

composition for piano by Sergei Prokofiev

composition for piano by Aram Khachaturian

group of seven keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach

musical composition by Robert Schumman