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  2. Fugue - Wikipedia

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    The six-part fugue in the "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, in the hand of Johann Sebastian BachIn classical music, a fugue (/ f juː ɡ /, from Latin fuga, meaning "flight" or "escape" [1]) 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 ...

  3. List of fugal works by Johann Sebastian Bach - Wikipedia

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    BWV 577 – Fugue in G major "à la Gigue" (spurious) BWV 578 – Fugue in G minor "Little" BWV 579 – Fugue on a theme by Arcangelo Corelli (from Op. 3, No. 4); in B Minor; BWV 580 – Fugue in D major (spurious) BWV 581 – Fugue in G major (not by Bach, composed by Gottfried August Homilius) BWV 581a – Fugue in G major (spurious)

  4. Dissociative fugue - Wikipedia

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    Dissociative fugue (/ f juː ɡ / FYOOG), previously referred to as a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, [1] is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by reversible amnesia regarding one’s identity, often accompanied by unexpected travel or wandering.

  5. Category:Fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach - Wikipedia

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    Prelude (Toccata) and Fugue in E major, BWV 566; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544; Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 531; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871; Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532; Prelude and Fugue ...

  6. Category:Fugues - Wikipedia

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    Examples: The Art of Fugue; The Well-Tempered Clavier; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. B. Fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach (1 C, 28 P)

  7. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Fugue – Complex contrapuntal composition in which a single theme or subject is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others. Hymn – A religious song of praise. Invention – Short composition in two-part counterpoint, usually for a keyboard instrument. Lament – Song expressing grief or sorrow.

  8. 24 Preludes and Fugues (Shostakovich) - Wikipedia

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    For example, his A minor prelude is a figuration prelude—a prelude in which the same hand position is used throughout the piece. Examples of this abound in Baroque keyboard literature from composers such as Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, from whom Bach drew inspiration for his own figuration preludes (the C major and the D minor, for ...

  9. The Art of Fugue - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Fugue, or The Art of the Fugue (German: Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, The Art of Fugue is the culmination of Bach's experimentation with monothematic instrumental works.