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Michael Griffith's avatar

Fascinating article. Thank you. A finale to the penultimate act that shows each character's dilemma and intentions is not new. It goes back to 19th century opera, where it's quite common. And incidentally, One Day More is not a fugue. Yes, it has multiple lines occurring simultaneously, like a fugue. But the structure of a fugue is much more specific than that. Google is your friend.

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David Benkof's avatar

Michael, one of the definitions of "fugue" at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fugue is "something that resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements." The dictionary is your friend.

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David Benkof's avatar

A great example is "Fugue for Tinhorns" from Guys and Dolls, which is technically not a fugue in the classical sense but is in the dictionary definition above.

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