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Definition of Fuguist
1. n. A musician who composes or performs fugues.
Definition of Fuguist
1. Noun. A musician who composes or performs fugues. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fuguist
1. one who composes fugues [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuguist
Literary usage of Fuguist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review by Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1823)
"WORGAN was a learned fuguist, and in a style quite his own ... By constant practice
he became a very masterly and learned fuguist on the organ, ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"... be sure that the great fuguist did full justice to this at the moment ; but,
not contented with ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Burney refers to him as ' a very masterly and learned fuguist on the organ.'
As a composer Worgan was not great. His compositions, now forgotten, ..."
4. Folio (1836)
"... and every other fuguist. Oratorio music, viz. choral music, with instrumental
accompaniments, was certainly brought to its greatest perfection in the ..."
5. Musical Letters from Abroad: Including Detailed Accounts of the Birmingham by Lowell Mason (1854)
"Hauptmann now occupies the same apartments which were formerly occupied by the
great fuguist. The exercises, with the exception of a short address by one of ..."
6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1856)
"An Ii ill m in Milan, a Frenchman in Pari«, a German in Salzburg, an Englishman
in London, a melodist for the public, a fuguist before the tribunal of padre ..."
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