Fugue - Word of the Day

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fugue - Word of the Day

\ˈfyüg\

noun

Definitions

:- A piece of music in which tunes are repeated in complex patterns

:- a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts

:- Something that resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements

:- A disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed

Origin of fugue

Probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue, from Latin, flight, from fugere

First Known Use: 1597

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