fuga

Definition of the Latin term fuga in music:

  1. fugue (contrapuntal composition in which a theme is introduced by one voice and then repeated or imitated by others)
  2. canon in medieval music
  3. imitative work in the Renaissance
  4. escape, flight, getaway
Language
Latin
Singular
fuga
Plural
fugae

Combinations

Latin musical terms that include fuga:

Related terms

Latin musical terms related to fuga:

  • canon – canon (piece of music in which an initial melody i...
  • comes – comes, countersubject (the imitating voice of a fu...
  • dux – leader, chief...
  • resolutio – resolution (answer to a canon)
  • rondellus – rondeau (one of the three "formes fixes" of poetry...
  • rota – perpetual canon, round...