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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Baroque Period
The Fugue

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A fugue is a polyphonic composition based on a main theme (subject), and different melodic lines (voices) that imitate the main theme. The texture of a fugue consists of three to five voices (soprano to bass), shifting through key changes in keys as well as through melodic and rhythmic ideas. One consistent feature of a fugue is that it nearly always begins with one voice. More information on fugues can be found through the resources below.









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