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Fugues

/ˈfjuɡz/

A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

📖 Definitions of "Fugues"

noun
  1. 1

    A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

  2. 2

    Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.

  3. 3

    A fugue state.

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