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countersubject
[ koun-ter-suhb-jikt ]
noun
, Music.
- a theme in a fugue that occurs simultaneously with the second and often the subsequent themes of the main subject.
countersubject
/ ˈkaʊntəˌsʌbdʒɪkt /
noun
- music (in a fugue) the theme in one voice that accompanies the statement of the subject in another
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