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Tosca pointlessly included singular musical composition (7)

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I believe the answer is:

toccata

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'musical composition' is the definition.
(toccata is a kind of musical composition)

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(Other definitions for toccata that I've seen before include "Baroque musical piece" , "Series of musical runs and chords before a fugue" , "Musical composition with rapid elaborate runs" , "Musical composition for keyboard to show technique" , "Baroque musical composition" .)

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