Tucket

Tucket

Tucket is a musical term often found in stage directions in Elizabethan drama. It represents:
* The English form of the Italian musical term, "toccata"; or more generally,
* A fanfare or bugle call:

::"... Then let the trumpets sound
The tucket sonance and the note to mount.":::— Henry V, act 4 scene 2.


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  • Tucket — Tuck et, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to touch. See {Toccata}, {Touch}.] A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {Tucket sonance}, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Let the trumpets sound The tucket… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tucket — Tuck et, n. [Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat, fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick gravy.] A steak; a collop. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tucket — [tuk′it] n. [< TUCK3] Archaic a flourish on a trumpet …   English World dictionary

  • Tucket sonance — Tucket Tuck et, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to touch. See {Toccata}, {Touch}.] A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {Tucket sonance}, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Let the trumpets sound The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tucket's Ride — Infobox Book name = Tucket s Ride title orig = translator = image caption = author = Gary Paulsen cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Tucket Adventures subject = genre = Novel publisher = Random House release… …   Wikipedia

  • Tucket's Gold — Infobox Book name = Tucket s Gold title orig = translator = image caption = author = Gary Paulsen cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Tucket Adventures subject = genre = Novel publisher = Random House release… …   Wikipedia

  • Tucket's Home — Infobox Book name = Tucket s Home title orig = translator = image caption = author = Gary Paulsen cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Tucket Adventures subject = genre = Novel publisher = Random House release… …   Wikipedia

  • tucket — noun Etymology: probably from obsolete English tuk to beat the drum, sound the trumpet Date: 1593 a fanfare on a trumpet …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tucket — /tuk it/, n. a trumpet fanfare. [1585 95; TUCK4 + ET] * * * …   Universalium

  • tucket — noun A fanfare played on one or more trumpets …   Wiktionary

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