Definition of fugato in English:
fugato
adjective & adverb fuːˈɡɑːtəʊfjuːˈɡɑːtəʊf(y)o͞oˈɡädō
Music In the style of a fugue, but not in strict or complete fugal form.
赋格风的（地），以赋格曲风但并非以严格（或完全）的赋格曲式的（地）
Example sentencesExamples
- All follow a similar pattern, juxtaposing ‘free’ sections - in rhythms derived from operatic recitative that recurrently explode into whirligig scales and arpeggios - with fugato sections of varying degrees of formal rigidity.
- The restless energy of the initial theme and its fugato companion return and lead to a headlong rush a la Mendelssohn to the movement's sudden end, on two quiet pizzicato chords.
- The fugato textures provoke the disturbance of complacencies even while the tonal centres remain secure.
- The first movement contains some absolutely magnificent fugato writing; the third is as beautiful as anything written in Mahler's lineage, without what Franz Schmidt called Mahler's ‘cheap novel’ effects.
nounPlural fugatos fuːˈɡɑːtəʊfjuːˈɡɑːtəʊf(y)o͞oˈɡädō
Music A passage in fugato style.
赋格段，赋格风的乐段
Example sentencesExamples
- The fugato is interrupted at its height by a homophonic statement by the entire ensemble, first in a single line and then in a huge two-voice version.
- Foss writes toe-tapping fugatos, if you can believe it.
- Her solo in the opening fugato sets you up for a transcendence that never happens, basically because the orchestra doesn't match her as well as it does in the Beethoven, always in the faster, jazzier sections.
- About half-way through, the music changes to a vigorous fugato.
- Even the introductory toccata-flourishes are at moderate speed and relatively sober in mien: while the succeeding fugato, though marked allegro, is in four severely interlocked parts that generate often acute dissonances.
Definition of fugato in US English:
fugato
adjective & adverbf(y)o͞oˈɡädō
Music In the style of a fugue, but not in strict or complete fugal form.
赋格风的（地），以赋格曲风但并非以严格（或完全）的赋格曲式的（地）
Example sentencesExamples
- All follow a similar pattern, juxtaposing ‘free’ sections - in rhythms derived from operatic recitative that recurrently explode into whirligig scales and arpeggios - with fugato sections of varying degrees of formal rigidity.
- The first movement contains some absolutely magnificent fugato writing; the third is as beautiful as anything written in Mahler's lineage, without what Franz Schmidt called Mahler's ‘cheap novel’ effects.
- The fugato textures provoke the disturbance of complacencies even while the tonal centres remain secure.
- The restless energy of the initial theme and its fugato companion return and lead to a headlong rush a la Mendelssohn to the movement's sudden end, on two quiet pizzicato chords.
nounf(y)o͞oˈɡädō
Music A fugato passage.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her solo in the opening fugato sets you up for a transcendence that never happens, basically because the orchestra doesn't match her as well as it does in the Beethoven, always in the faster, jazzier sections.
- Even the introductory toccata-flourishes are at moderate speed and relatively sober in mien: while the succeeding fugato, though marked allegro, is in four severely interlocked parts that generate often acute dissonances.
- Foss writes toe-tapping fugatos, if you can believe it.
- About half-way through, the music changes to a vigorous fugato.
- The fugato is interrupted at its height by a homophonic statement by the entire ensemble, first in a single line and then in a huge two-voice version.