- Fuguist
- Fuguist Fu"guist, n. (Mus.) A musician who composes or performs fugues. --Busby. [1913 Webster]
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Fuguist
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fuguist — noun see fugue … New Collegiate Dictionary
fuguist — See fugal. * * * … Universalium
fuguist — fugu·ist … English syllables
fuguist — ˈfyügə̇st noun ( s) : one who composes or performs fugues … Useful english dictionary
fugue — noun Etymology: probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue, from Latin, flight, from fugere Date: 1597 1. a. a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a … New Collegiate Dictionary
fugue — [fyo͞og] n. [Fr < It fuga < L, a flight < fugere: see FUGITIVE] 1. a musical composition for a definite number of parts or voices, in which a subject is announced in one voice, imitated in succession by each of the other voices, and… … English World dictionary
fugue — n. & v. n. 1 Mus. a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts. 2 Psychol. loss of awareness of one s identity,… … Useful english dictionary
fughist — obs. form of fuguist … Useful english dictionary
