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fugue

contrapuntal musical form based on a subject that recurs in imitation
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Summary

fugue is a type of musical work/composition[1]. fugue ranks in the top 2% of type of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,336 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: musical form[3], music genre[4]
  • Subclass of: counterpoint[5], composed musical work[6], classical music[7]
  • Commons category: Fugues[8]
  • Has part(s): fugue stretto[9], episode[10], coda[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fugues[12]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Riemann's Music Dictionary[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The American Cyclopædia[19], New International Encyclopedia[20]
  • Uses: imitation[21], counterpoint[22], theme[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]

Why It Matters

fugue has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] fugue is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

fugue has been cited as an influence by fugato[27], a musical form[28].

FAQs

Who did fugue influence?

fugue has been cited as an influence by fugato[27].

Related Entities

Anton Reicha composed musical work Johann Pachelbel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → aXjRu
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0002839-fugy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: u0002839-fugy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4724911
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → counterpoint, composed musical work, classical music
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 16025, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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