fugue

A noun referring to a complex musical composition in which a theme is introduced and then developed through interwoven melodic lines, often associated with Baroque music.

• 🇩🇪Ein musikalisches Werk, bei dem ein Thema nacheinander von verschiedenen Stimmen aufgegriffen und kunstvoll miteinander verwoben wird, besonders typisch für den Barock. In der Psychiatrie bezeichnet es einen Zustand der Bewusstseinstrübung, in dem Betroffene ziellos umherwandern, oft nach einer Belastung.

1. Musical composition C1 formal art

   A complex musical composition in which a theme is introduced and then repeated and developed by different voices or instruments in a contrapuntal style.

   • Bach's 'Toccata and Fugue in D minor' is one of the most famous organ works.
   • The fugue features a subject that is answered by different voices.
   • She studied the structure of a fugue in her music theory class.

   🇩🇪Fuge

2. Dissociative state C2 formal medical

   A rare psychological condition in which a person experiences temporary amnesia or loss of identity, often involving travel or wandering.

   • The patient was diagnosed with dissociative fugue after being found in another city.
   • During the fugue state, he had no memory of his past life.
   • Fugue states can last from hours to months.

   🇩🇪Dissoziativer Zustand

• fugues plural form
• fugues' possessive plural form
• fugue's possessive singular form