fugue
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The kernel of the drama—unfortunately kernel is probably the right term—is Frederick’s demand, or more gently put, his invitation, that Bach create a three-part fugue on a theme the king composed.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 24, 2026
The song fuses Tamil folk music, Carnatic traditions, Western classical fugue and polka, with shifting tempos and finger snaps linking its contrasting sections.
From BBC โ Jun. 6, 2026
Yet investors didn’t show the same anxiety once trading started, sending the indices into a sort of fugue state.
From Los Angeles Times โ Apr. 3, 2026
That time spent getting the headboard, for example, was frankly spent in a sort of grim fugue state, wordlessly drifting from place to place in exhausted resignation.
From Salon โ Mar. 29, 2025
In a typical Bach fugue, such as the ‘Gigue Fugue’, the tune to be imitated would be much longer than the four notes that begin 'London’s Burning’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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