variants:
or fuguing piece
or fuging tune
or less commonly fuge tune
Definition of fuguing tune
: a hymn written in a style popular in England and the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries employing simple contrapuntal imitation in its middle section
— called also fuge
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“Fuguing tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuguing%20tune. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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