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Old Apr 4 2008, 3:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Zetetic View Post
The piece *is* contrapuntal, but it certainly isn't a fugue (unless it's some sort of incredibly advanced augmentation fugue or likewise ... which I somehow doubt). Having said this, it's perfectly acceptable to write a 2-voice fugue, despite what's been said. I'd be interested to hear what Johnny Fawkes thought he was trying to do in writing this piece. I didn't enjoy it a great deal, since there were too many intervals that sounded unnecessarily dissonant.
2-voice fugue = invention
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