Flashcards in Reading: Fugue Deck (12):
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In general terms, fugue can be thought of as ___ ___ ___.
Systematized imitative polyphony.
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Fugue
A polyphonic composition for a fixed number of instrumental lines or voices built on a single principal theme.
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Subject
The term for the principal theme of a fugue.
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Fuga
Running away.
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Exposition
(1) The first section of a fugue. (2) The first section of a sonata-form movement.
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Subject Entries
In a fugue, appearances of the entire fugue subject after the opening exposition.
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Episode
In a fugue, a passage that does not contain any complete appearances of the fugue subject.
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Countersubject
In a fugue, a subsidiary melodic line that appears regularly in counterpoint with the subject.
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Inversion
Reading or playing a melody or a twelve-tone series upside down. Playing all of its upwards intervals downwards and vice versa.
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Stretto
In a fugue, overlapping entrances of the fugue subject in several voices simultaneously.
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Prelude
An introductory piece, leading to another, such as a fugue or an opera (with the exception of Chopin's preludes).
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