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fugue
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
Große Fuge
composition for string quartet by Beethoven
Cat fugue
one-movement harpsichord sonata composed by Domenico Scarlatti
24 Preludes and Fugues
set of 24 compositions for piano by Dmitri Shostakovich
Ludus Tonalis
set of 24 interludes and fugues for piano by Paul Hindemith
Atalanta Fugiens
alchemic work and emblem book by Michael Maier which consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by Matthias Merian
Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H
musical composition by Franz Liszt
Geographical Fugue
spoken choral piece
Adagio and Fugue in C minor
composition for string quartet