fugatoadv.n.adj.
/fuːˈɡatəʊ//fuːˈɡɑːtəʊ/ Music.
A. adv.
In the fugue style, but not in strict fugue form.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adverb] > fugue
fugato1866
fugally1892
1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music iii. 104 The motive is treated fugato at the commencement of the allegro.
B. n. (and adj.)
Music composed in this style (Stainer & Barrett 1876). Also attributive or as adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > type of
in nomine1565
ricercatac1715
ricercare1773
fugato1876
fughetta1876
triple fugue1876
double fugue1880
tiento1905
mirror fugue1931
clausula1944
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 179/2 Fugato, in the fugue style; a composition containing fugal imitation, but which is not in strict fugue form.
1891 E. Prout Fugue §358 Passages of imitation, provided that all the voices take part in them, will very often be also fugato passages.
1891 E. Prout Fugue §359 The freedom allowed in fugato.
1903 Trawl May 28 A fugato entry for the lower strings.
1906 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) II. 118/1 Beethoven was particularly fond of the fugato.
1968 Listener 26 Sept. 418/3 The least satisfying section of the movement is a long fugato in the middle.
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