fugal
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Johann Sebastian Bach composed some of his best works by hewing to a self-imposed fugal format.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
It’s a sharp-clawed, hard-edge, uncompromising 16 minutes, its fugal form an insufficient cage for Beethoven’s beast.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
In the fugal passages, where the specter of Bach flickers through, he showed a patient eye for the overarching structure.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
The fugal master of the age, and probably all time, was another German.
From Economist ● Mar. 13, 2018
Another fugal trick is ‘retrograde’ motion, whereby the tune is played backwards against its forward-playing self.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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