American English pronunciation
How to pronounce fugue
IPA transcription: [f'juɡ]
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Noun
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dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state
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a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
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a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
Usage examples
- Many of the technical accomplishments are unique to fugue literature.