fugue

n. a piece of music where a short melody is introduced by one part and then taken up by others and developed.

n. a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.

“The organist played a complex fugue by Bach at the end of the service.”

“The composer demonstrated his technical mastery by weaving four distinct voices into a rigorous fugue that lasted nearly ten minutes.”

Technical

n. a mental state where a person loses their memory and may leave their home to start a new life.

n. a dissociative state characterized by a loss of identity and often by wandering away from one's usual environment.

“After the accident, he was found in a fugue state miles away from his house.”

“Psychiatrists noted that the patient had entered a dissociative fugue, during which he had no recollection of his previous life or family.”

Technical

n. a book, film, or painting that has a very complicated and repeating structure like a piece of music.

n. a literary or artistic work characterized by a complex, multi-layered structure resembling a musical fugue.

“The novel is a dark fugue of different characters' memories and dreams.”

“Critics described the film as a visual fugue, where recurring motifs and overlapping timelines created a sense of structured chaos.”

Literary · Academic