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Definition of Fugato
1. a. in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue.
Definition of Fugato
1. Noun. (music) A fugal passage in a composition that is not a fugue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fugato
1. a fugal composition [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fugato
Literary usage of Fugato
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Larger Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Explanation of the by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"Or some later section of the Finale may develop into a fugato. ... The Finale
consists chiefly in a series of fragmentary variations, including a fugato. ..."
2. Miscellaneous Studies in the History of Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1921)
"A bona fide four- part fugue seems to follow, but the movement impresses me more
like a fugato variation of the prelude, the prelude theme, ..."
3. Music (1893)
"The sonatas present but little difference from the suites, except inasmuch as
the movements are of a more severe character, often written in fugato style ..."
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