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Bookmark or Share- Fugue - Contrapuntal, Imitative, Subject-Answer | BritannicaFugue - Contrapuntal, Imitative, Subject-Answer: Fugues have been composed for every medium and genre, sacred or secular, vocal or instrumental, solo or ensemble.
- What Is A Fugue? A Complete Guide - Hello Music TheoryA fugue is a type of compositional technique that makes use of imitative counterpoint. In these often highly intricate works, an initial theme is taken and then imitated and expanded upon throughout the fugue.
- Fugue - WikipediaThe English term fugue originated in the 16th century and is derived from the French word fugue or the Italian fuga. This in turn comes from the Latin fuga, which is itself related to both fugere ("to flee") and fugare ("to chase"). [1] The adjectival form is fugal. [13]
- Fugues - Music Theory AcademyA fugue is a contrapuntal composition for a number of separate parts or voices. Usually a composer chooses to describe or define a fugue they have composed according to the number of parts it is written for.
- Fugue Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of FUGUE is a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts.
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