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Form

Fugue

A fugue is built from one short melody, the subject, which enters in one voice alone and is then taken up by each of the other voices in turn while the earlier voices continue with new counterpoint. That opening round of entries is the fugue's exposition. What follows alternates episodes, where the subject is absent or only hinted at, with further entries of the subject in new keys.

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8 works

BachFantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 5371717BachThe Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-8691722HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 61772HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 21772HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 51772MozartRequiem in D minor, K. 6261791BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 1101821RegerString Quartet in G minor, Op. 54 No. 11900