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1
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In general terms, fugue can be thought of as ___ ___ ___.

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Systematized imitative polyphony.

2
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Fugue

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A polyphonic composition for a fixed number of instrumental lines or voices built on a single principal theme.

3
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Subject

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The term for the principal theme of a fugue.

4
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Fuga

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Running away.

5
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Exposition

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(1) The first section of a fugue. (2) The first section of a sonata-form movement.

6
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Subject Entries

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In a fugue, appearances of the entire fugue subject after the opening exposition.

7
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Episode

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In a fugue, a passage that does not contain any complete appearances of the fugue subject.

8
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Countersubject

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In a fugue, a subsidiary melodic line that appears regularly in counterpoint with the subject.

9
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Inversion

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Reading or playing a melody or a twelve-tone series upside down. Playing all of its upwards intervals downwards and vice versa.

10
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Stretto

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In a fugue, overlapping entrances of the fugue subject in several voices simultaneously.

11
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Prelude

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An introductory piece, leading to another, such as a fugue or an opera (with the exception of Chopin’s preludes).

12
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Arpeggio

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A chord “broken” so that its pitches are played in quick succession rather than simultaneously.

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