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Fugue: the individual wanders away from usual surroundings and has loss of memory.

Stretto: Pertaining to the fugue, the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.

Subject: In the contemporary psychoanalysis, the human psyche--formed chiefly through the Oedipal Complex. In contemporary Marxism, an individual viewed as a psychological construct who enters the id . . . View Full Definition

Toccata: Virtuoso composition, generally for organ or harpsichord, in a free and rhapsodic style: in the Baroque, it often served as the introduction to a fugue.

Inversion: A departure from the usual increase or decrease of an atmospheric property with altitude. It usually refers to an increase in temperature with increasing altitude, which is a departure from . . . View Full Definition

Form: Broadly speaking, the way a picture welds together; in a narrow sense, it is the way a shape has been rendered or seen.

Episode: Interlude or intermediate section in the Baroque fugue, which serves as an area of relaxation between statements of the subject.

Exposition: Opening section. In the fugue, the first section in which the voices enter in turn with the subject. In sonata-allegro form, the first section in which the major thematic material is stated. . . . View Full Definition

Fantasia: Free instrumental piece of fairly large dimensions, in an improvisational style: in the Baroque, it often served as an introductory piece to a fugue.

Answer: Second entry of the subject in a fugue, usually pitched a fourth below or a fifth above the subject.