A fugal technique of composition, in which one part introduces a theme, or subject which is then answered by the other parts by reiterating the same theme later in the work This term is usually applied to fugal passages in choral music
A fugal technique of composition, in which one part introduces a theme, or subject which is then answered by the other parts by reitorating the same theme later in the work This term is usually applied to fugal passages in choral music
copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else a copy that is represented as the original the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises
Compositional technique in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice (or part), then restated in another while the first voice continues with new material
If someone does an imitation of another person, they copy the way they speak or behave, sometimes in order to be funny. He gave his imitation of Queen Elizabeth's royal wave = impersonation
A close copy, as in all art that endeavours to reproduce natural appearances Imitation has played a role in aesthetics since Plato, who banished artists from his hypothetical republic Art could only lead men further from the truth