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Fugue

noun

Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state. Synonym: psychogenic fugue.

A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days.

A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement.

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... usually brings on the Tuba or Trumpet. It is thus possible to play a hymn tune in four parts on the Swell and bring out the melody on the Choir Clarinet; to play on the Choir and bring out the melody on the Swell Vox Humana or Cornopean; or to play a fugue with the full power of the Great organ (except the Trumpet) and bring out the subject of the fugue every time it enters, whether in the soprano voice, ...

— The Recent Revolution in Organ Building - Being an Account of Modern Developments • George Laing Miller

Words linked to "Fugue" : psychogenic fugue, mental condition, dissociative disorder, classical, psychological condition, psychological state, classical music, serious music, mental state, fugal