type of musical composition, 1590s, fuge, from Italian fuga, literally "flight," also "ardor," from Latin fuga "a running away, act of fleeing," from fugere "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)). Current English spelling (1660s) is from the French version of the Italian word.
A Fugue is a composition founded upon one subject, announced at first in one part alone, and subsequently imitated by all the other parts in turn, according to certain general principles to be hereafter explained. The name is derived from the Latin word fuga, a flight, from the idea that one part starts on its course alone, and that those which enter later are pursuing it. ["Fugue," Ebenezer Prout, 1891]
实用例句
1. She will phrase fugue of Bach's in these days.
这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句.来自互联网
2. I'm going to play you a Bach fugue.
我要给你演奏巴赫的一首赋格曲.来自互联网
3. Can you transpose this fugue into G major?
你能把这个赋格曲转换成G大调 吗 .来自互联网
4. In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.
