Fugue
Fugue has been described as a texture rather than a form. It is, in essence, a contrapuntal composition. The normal fugue opens with a subject or theme in one voice or part. A second voice answers... More »
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Fugue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In music, a fugue (pronounced /ˈfjuːɡ/ ) is a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts, normally referred to as "voices". In the Middle Ages, th...
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Fugue state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A fugue state , formally Dissociative Fugue (previously called Psychogenic Fugue ) (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13) , is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia f...
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Explanation of fugal procedures exemplified in the works of J. S. Bach ... Visit the Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier site, where all of the techniques discussed on this page are illustrated in interactive hypermedia (Adobe Shockwave Player required). Please refer also to Jeffrey Hall's magnificent Art of Fugue site.
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Four Canons of the Art of Fugue ... the Art of Fugue ... How to Analyze a Fugue...
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Fugue - History, evolution, and definition of. Written so that normal people can understand. ... Definition/History A fugue is a highly evolved form of imitative counterpoint. Counterpoint has been happening since the motet. It's when you have two (or more) musical lines going on at once. Imitative counterpoint is when both...
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Do You Know How to Listen to a Fugue? ... A fugue is like a round. One voice starts the piece, then other voices enter, one after another, just like in a round. The difference is that the voices in fugues enter on higher and lower pitches. They also continue to play new material while the other voices make their entrance.
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The fugue, an outline of the substantials of a fugue based on Hugo Norden's 'Foundation Studies in Fugue'. Topics include subject, countersubject, answer, etc. ... Following is an outline of Hugo Norden's "Foundation Studies in Fugue." During the Spring 2000 semester at Missouri Western State College, I studied counterpoint...
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Fugue is a kind of counterpoint. In fact, it is considered by come to be the purest form of counterpoint. The word fugue comes from the Latin fuga, which means "flight" (as in "running away", not "flying"). ... A fugue begins with a theme, called the subject, which is usually stated without accompanment. After this theme...
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