txtDefinition=A composition that makes systematic use of {\uldb imitation}{\v 84412}, usually based on a single {\uldb subject}{\v 135660}, and that opens with a series of exposed entries on that subject. Fugue was the only {\uldb Baroque}{\v 139635} style in which all of the {\uldb voices}{\v 105907} were of equal importance. The adjectival form of \'93fugue\'94 is \'93fugal.\'94 The example plays the opening of the fugal {\uldb finale}{\v 82354} from {\uldb Haydn\'92s}{\v 132423} {\uldb String Quartet}{\v 154839} in F {\uldb Minor}{\v 88035}, {\uldb Op}{\v 134155}. 20, No. 5.
