fugato

American

[foo-gah-toh, fyoo-] / fuˈgɑ toʊ, fju- /

noun

Music.

a section of a composition that is in fugal style but does not constitute a real fugue.

fugato British

/ fjʊˈɡɑːtəʊ /

adverb

in the manner or style of a fugue

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noun

a movement, section, or piece in this style

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

fugatos

plural

Etymology

Origin of fugato

From Italian, dating back to 1865–70; see origin at fugue, -ate ¹

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fugato

The music then proceeds in fugato manner for a long time, and there are no more directions or quotations from the text in the score till towards the end.

From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson

No. 1 has an opening of thirty-seven bars in common time, fugato.

From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by J. S. (John South) Shedlock

He regarded it as a synonym of the fantasia, which was a free form made up of fugato instrumental passages.

From An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky

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