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Ricercar vs Fugue - What's the difference?

ricercar | fugue |

As nouns the difference between ricercar and fugue

is that ricercar is an instrumental musical composition, fugal in style but in a more serious character and with longer notes while fugue is a contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

ricercar

English

(wikipedia ricercar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrumental musical composition, fugal in style but in a more serious character and with longer notes.

    • fugue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
  • Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.

    • Related terms

    * fugue state

    See also

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