(from Latin, fuga: flight) In music a fugue is a composition in which the principal subject is initiated by one part but then taken up by a second part while the first part switches to accompaniment. In biological psychology, fugue is a form of...

In music, a fugue (pronounced /ˈfjuːg/) is a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts, normally referred to as "voices", irrespective of whether the work is vocal or instrumental.[1] In the Middle Ages,...