fugue
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Its subject is Hannah Upp, a young teacher prey to dissociative fugue states in which she forgets her own identity.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 8, 2026
The song fuses Tamil folk music, Carnatic traditions, Western classical fugue and polka, with shifting tempos and finger snaps linking its contrasting sections.
From BBC β Jun. 6, 2026
Not yogurt eaten in a fugue state between Slack pings.
From Salon β Feb. 19, 2026
It allowed Elordi to renounce any hang-ups, surrendering to a fugue state of mind.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2025
The king had his court musicians, one of whom was Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel, devise a tune specially, one they mischievously knew was practically impossible to turn into a fugue without creating horrible dissonances.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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