A short, simple fugue; a musical composition in fugal style but briefer and less complex than a full fugue.
From Italian 'fughetta,' diminutive of 'fuga' (fugue), using the -etta diminutive suffix. Indicates a smaller, simplified version of a form.
A fughetta is to a fugue what a sonnet is to an epic poem—all the sophisticated structure squeezed into a compact form, often more brilliant for the constraint.
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