answer in fugue

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 254 words | Copyright

answer in fugue. The 2nd entry of the main theme (subject) of a fugue a 5th higher (or 4th lower) than the 1st is called the answer. If subject and answer are identical it is a real answer; if the intervals are changed in the answer it is a tonal answer.

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