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Excerpt from The Forty-Eight Preludes and Fugues of John Sebastian Bach Analysed for the Use of Students Fugue. - A composition developed upon a certain Subject or theme, which is announced at first in one part only. This theme is imitated according to certain principles by the other parts composing the piece, which, as they follow upon or y after the theme, give the distinctive title of Fugue (latin, fuga) to this class of composition. Subject - The theme upon which the composition is written. This theme should be (1) Of a moderate length, so as to be retained without effort in the memory; (2) well defined in character, so as to be easily recognised at each appearance; (3) definite in tonality, so that there shall be no possibility of ambiguity as to its key. The Subject Of a Fugue may be proposed in any part whatever. Answer - This is not a new theme, but a transposition of the Subject a fifth above (or a fourth below) by a different voice from that which announced the Subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."