| Fugue (fugue) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Fugue |
| [F., fr. It. fuga,
fr. L. fuga a fleeing, flight, akin to fugere to fiee.
See Fugitive.] (Mus.) |
A polyphonic composition,
developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict
contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or
part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another
at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts
have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and
interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the
theme is often lost and reappears.
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