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Guardian Prize Crossword 27082
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We've finished the puzzle we think but just can't work out 22d:
A piece of music, which transports mind and body.
We have fugue, but why??
A piece of music, which transports mind and body.
We have fugue, but why??
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fugue
fjuːɡ/
noun
1.
MUSIC
a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
2.
PSYCHIATRY
a loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
fugue
fjuːɡ/
noun
1.
MUSIC
a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
2.
PSYCHIATRY
a loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
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