Fugue

[fjuːg] or [fjuɡ]

Definition

(noun.) a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement.

(noun.) a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days.

(noun.) dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state.

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Definition

(n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears.

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Definition

n. (mus.) a form of composition in which the subject is given out by one part and immediately taken up by a second its answer during which the first part supplies an accompaniment or counter-subject and so on.—n. Fug′uist one who writes or plays fugues.

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