Fugue for Tinhorns

From Guys and Dolls 1955

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[holytroz]

rap... 1950's hahaha

[DrNathanJones]

3 people backed the wrong horse

[WailOfDoom]

Too lazy to double check. I'll give you this one.

[TedEstStultus]

It's not a fugue. The subject remains in the same key, it's a canon. On your basis 'Canon in D' is a fugue. 'Multiple voices singing against each other' isn't a fugue, it's an extremely basic description of anything in counterpoint whatsoever.

[gobbles poon]

very nice i especially like nicly nice ;)

[marasu66]

Ladies and gentlemen, start your equines!

[Harry O' Connor]

An example of a fugue: Mozart's Fugue in G Minor, K 401

And of a canon: Mozart's Kyrie, K 89

[Harry O' Connor]

Correct, except that in a fugue after the entrance of the first "voice", the second voice enters and repeats the subject, except transposed to a different key, usually a fifth or fourth apart. The exposition is then complete when each part has entered. The thing is, this is not a fugue, because all the parts enter at the same pitch. This therefore makes it a canon, not a fugue, because in a canon each part enters in the same key, ie. not transposed.

[randomsquareXD]

I play rusty Charlie in my play (the one in the light brown suit)

[WailOfDoom]

Basically, a fugue is many voices performing against each other. Think of it as many voices arguing indirectly.

[WailOfDoom]

It is a Fugue. Fugue is a series of "voices" singing contrapunctual against each other. As demonstrated by this.