Fugues

thumb|The six-part fugue in the "Ricercar a 6" from [[The Musical Offering, in the hand of Johann Sebastian Bach]] In classical music, a fugue (, from Latin , meaning 'flight' or 'escape') is a contrapuntal, polyphonic 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), which recurs frequently throughout the course of the composition. It is not to be confused with a fuguing tune, which is a style of song popularized by and mostly limited to early American (i.e. shape note or "Sac

composition for string quartet by Beethoven

one-movement harpsichord sonata composed by Domenico Scarlatti

set of 24 compositions for piano by Dmitri Shostakovich

set of 24 interludes and fugues for piano by Paul Hindemith

alchemic work and emblem book by Michael Maier which consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by Matthias Merian

musical composition by Franz Liszt

spoken choral piece

composition for string quartet