fugue
fugue
Definition
fugue (fyo̵̅o̅g)
noun
- 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
- 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
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
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.
