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fugueOne entry found. Main Entry: fugue Pronunciation: \ˈfyüg\ Function: noun Etymology: probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue, from Latin, flight, from fugere Date: 1597 1 a : a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts b : something that resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements — fugue verb — fugu·ist \ˈfyü-gist\ noun
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