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fugue (fyo̵̅o̅g)

noun

  1. a musical composition for a definite number of parts or voices, in which a subject is announced in one voice, imitated in succession by each of the other voices, and developed contrapuntally
  2. Psychiatry a state of psychological amnesia during which the subject seems to behave in a conscious and rational way, although upon return to normal consciousness he cannot remember the period of time nor what he did during it; temporary flight from reality

Etymology: Fr < It fuga < L, a flight < fugere: see fugitive

fugue Related Forms
fu·guist noun
fugue Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • write: It is probably quite an oddity to have a fugue written 18 years after its toccata.
  • play: The " Gigue " fugue played at an elegant, sedate pace is something else.
  • take: He takes that fugue at a blinding pace, but under perfect control.
  • improvise: I am not casting any doubt on Dupré 's ability to improvise a fugue, nor is he alone in this.
  • omit: Mozart therefore omits formal closing fugues for the Gloria and Credo.

Preposition: at

  • pace: He takes that fugue at a blinding pace, but under perfect control.

Noun used with modifier

  • bach: The inspiration for this piece is Mozart's arrangements of several Bach fugues for string trio.
  • closing: Mozart therefore omits formal closing fugues for the Gloria and Credo.
  • organ: If we're confining ourselves to organ fugues that's a bit optimistic isn't it?

Adjective modifier

  • double: A mighty and rousing double fugue ends the work with a final shout of praise.
  • final: He again he is on top form, with playing of compelling conviction topped off with a magnificent final fugue.
  • brilliant: This section of the Mass concludes with another brilliant fugue for the chorus, to the words 'Et vitam venturi saeculi, Amen ' .
  • minor: I'm not so sure about the GTB D minor fugue.
  • good: Umm, well, they don't turn into toccatas, but they aren't really very good fugues, are they?
  • second: Against this is a new counter subject, derived from part of the second fugue.

Preposition: on

  • theme: In 1919, he had composed his opus 1, a piano variations and fugue on a theme of Reger.

Modifies a noun

  • subject: The fugue subject, having the same melodic outline, is obviously derived from the opening of the toccata.
  • state: Everyone ' real ' finds the fugue state Betty a little odd.

Preposition: for

  • chorus: This section of the Mass concludes with another brilliant fugue for the chorus, to the words 'Et vitam venturi saeculi, Amen ' .
  • piano: My last work that was published was a set of 24 fugues for piano.
fugue Quotes

   I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore, And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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