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- What is the fugue form in music?
- What is an example of a fugue?
- What is a Baroque fugue?
- What are the elements of a fugue?
What is the fugue form in music?
A fugue is a multi-voice musical form that hinges on counterpoint between voices. Composers can write fugues for a single instrument (most notably a piano or other keyboard instrument), or they can write them for several individual players.
What is an example of a fugue?
The definition of a fugue is a musical composition for a specific number of parts or voices, or is a temporary state of amnesia. An example of a fugue is a song written specifically for three voices. An example of a fugue is forgetting the last ten minutes.
What is a Baroque fugue?
A fugue is a piece of music that uses interwoven melodies based on a single musical idea. Fugues were most popular during the Baroque Period, ca. 1600-1750. They were based on an earlier idea from the Renaissance Period called imitative polyphony, where multiple singers would sing the same melody at different times.
What are the elements of a fugue?
A fugue usually has three sections: an exposition, a development, and finally, a recapitulation that contains the return of the subject in the fugue's tonic key, though not all fugues have a recapitulation.
