Fugue

A question about fugues

A question about fugues
  1. How is contrast achieved in a fugue?
  2. What are fugues written for?
  3. Who invented fugue?
  4. How can fugue be varied?

How is contrast achieved in a fugue?

How is contrast achieved in a fugue? Through the use of different keys.

What are fugues written for?

In music, a fugue (/fjuːɡ/) is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the course of the composition. ... Some fugues have a recapitulation.

Who invented fugue?

The famous fugue composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) shaped his own works after those of Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667), Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643), Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707) and others.

How can fugue be varied?

Statements of the subject are often varied by transposition, with a corresponding temporary change of key. In some fugues, the subject is always present in one part or another; in most, statements of the subject are often separated by connective melodic passages called episodes.

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