noun
- an elaborate instrumental composition typically of the 16th and 17th centuries in fugal or canonic style
Usage: music
Examples
- Bach’s Musical Offering includes a famous ricercare.
- The composer wrote a complex ricercare for organ.
- Students analyzed the structure of a Renaissance ricercare.
- The ricercare demonstrated intricate counterpoint techniques.
- This ricercare showcases the composer’s mastery of fugal writing.