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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: fuga 'flight, fugue', from Latin fugere; FUGITIVE2

fugue

 noun
     
fugue [uncountable and countable]
APM a piece of music with a tune that is repeated regularly in different keys by different voices or instruments
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