Fugues

Question 1

Fugue

Answer 1

Complex compositional style

Question 2

General characteristics of a fugue

Answer 2

1. Imitative exposition, in which a subject presented by one voice is imitated by each of the other voices at the fifth
2. Contains many episodes, modulatory passages with a developmental character, usually sequential and based on the ascending or descending circle of fifths, after which the subject may be stated by a single voice (middle entry) or by several voices in imitation (middle entry group)
3. Modulations or strings of modulations are to closely related keys
4. Stretto: Imitation of the subject at a closer metrical distance than the original imitation

Question 3

Answer

Answer 3

Subject transposed up a fifth

Question 4

Tonal answer

Answer 4

Copy with a minor adjustment usually at the beginning

Question 5

Real answer

Answer 5

Answer the remains at the fifth interval throughout the piece, exactly replicating its subject

Question 6

Countersubject

Answer 6

A counterpoint that is repeated every time the subject comes in

Question 7

Bridge

Answer 7

Modulation from the dominant to the tonic after the end of the answer

Question 8

Invertible counterpoint

Answer 8

Voices may be texturally switched and the counterpoint still works