fugue
/fjuːɡ/
noun
- A musical composition in which one or more melodies are introduced and then repeated and developed by different voices or instruments.
- The choir performed a complex fugue with four different vocal parts.
- Bach's fugue in G minor is one of the most famous pieces of classical music.
- She studied how to write a fugue in her music theory class.
- A state of temporary memory loss or confusion, often caused by psychological stress, in which a person may wander or travel.
- After the accident, he experienced a fugue and couldn't remember his own name.
- Psychologists treat dissociative fugue with therapy and support.
- The patient was found in a fugue state, walking aimlessly through the city.