General Information

 

• A fugue is a contrapuntal composition based on a relatively short motive (the Subject), or a set of motives, creating a very unified composition.

• The composition is segmented based on restatements of the subject in different keys

• These restatements (or Middle Entries) are separated by episodes consisting of developmental or modulatory material using motives from the subject.

• The primary motivic material is presented in the Exposition. This material then serves as the basis for various different developmental processes as the piece progresses.