English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'fjug/
audio|en-us-fugue.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�ɡ|-u�ɡ
Noun
en-noun
- A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of Voice|voices. At the beginning of the piece, each voice is introduced in turn by playing the melody, after which it consists of a mix of Counter-melody|counter-melodies, accompaniment passages, periods of rest, and returns to the main melody (often Transform|transformed in some way). Melody can be diminution and/or augmentation of the original melody.
- Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
Translations
trans-top|piece of music
German: Fuge f
Hungarian: fúga
Icelandic: fúga f
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Italian: fuga f
Japanese: �走� (�������, tons�kyoku), ��� (fūga)
Slovene: fuga f
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trans-top|anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or complexity
German: Fuge f
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Slovene: fuga f
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Related terms
fugue state
See also
w:Fugue|Wikipedia article on fugues
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fr:fugue
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ru:fugue
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