A musical form where a theme is stated separately in each voice and then developed contrapuntally.
V1: Subject --- Countersubject ------------------->
V2: Subject --------- Countersubject ->
V3: Subject -------->
- Fugue’s texture: imitative counterpoint
- each entering voice begins in the same way
- polyphonic and with counterpoint
- Harpsichords and organs are commonly used in fugues (though not together)