fugaladjective
/ˈfjuː.ɡəl/specializedsimilar to or relating to a fugue (= a piece of music with three or more tunes played together)
Examples from literature
- Augmentation and diminution of theme abound, together with the full fugal manner.
- First one commencing with chords, after which, fugal imitation.
- In a brief fugal vein is a mystic harking back to the earlier prelude.
- One of the greatest fugal episodes of symphonies, it is yet a mere prelude to the real movement, where the light theme is drawn from a phrase of latest cadence.
- Well defined is the middle episode in minor reared on a new theme of the clarinet with an almost fugal polyphony that departs from the main lyric mood.