Changes

A '''fugue''' (from Italian "fuga," or flight) is often described as "a movement of continuity" or a piece that focuses on both musical technique and musical texture. Generally speaking, the fugue is not considered a musical structure because it is infinitely variable. It is rather a style or method of [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] writing which may or may not be distinguished into finite sections. The fugue is not simply an exercise in advanced contrapuntal technique, though many people seem to think it is. To the composers on the 18th century, especially Bach and Handel, the fugue was a means of personal and emotions expression, in the same way as was the sonata to Beethoven, or the Nocturne to Chopin.

A '''fugue''' (from Italian "fuga," or flight) is often described as "a movement of continuity" or a piece that focuses on both musical technique and musical texture. Generally speaking, the fugue is not considered a musical structure because it is infinitely variable. It is rather a style or method of [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] writing which may or may not be distinguished into finite sections. The fugue is not simply an exercise in advanced contrapuntal technique, though many people seem to think it is. To the composers on the 18th century, especially Bach and Handel, the fugue was a means of personal and emotional expression, in the same way as was the sonata to Beethoven, or the Nocturne to Chopin.

[[category:musical terms]]

[[category:musical terms]]