It is true that heat and acid can cause proteins to denature, which means that they lose their 3-dimensional shape. A cooked egg white that becomes opaque and solid is an example. When milk is treated with acid, the protein casein curdles into a solid and the whey separates, still liquid.
The noun TOCCATA has 1 sense: 1. a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style. Familiarity information: TOCCATA used as a noun is very rare.
In music, cantabile [kanËtaËbile] , an Italian word, means literally singable or songlike. In instrumental music, it is a particular style of playing designed to imitate the human voice. For 18th-century composers, cantabile is often synonymous with cantando (singing), and indicates a measured tempo and flexible, legato playing.