From a comment left on this post. Well, sure, we fugue nerds (or is it geeks? which one is cool?) talk about how fugues are put together, but fugue is just process and it can be very fun. I put up a couple of really transcendental fugues before, but here is a lighter one:
The prelude has good tunes and is sweetly lyrical and the fugue is just jaunty. Good 'nuff?
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