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Old Apr 4 2008, 4:14 PM
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Not necessarily. The E-minor fugue from Book I of the Well Tempered Clavier is clearly a fugue despite only having two voices, on account of its use of fugal technique and the incorporation of a countersubject. An invention is just an imitative work that explores two-part counterpoint.
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