| There are seven movements, the first six slow, sparely scored, and pregnant with anticipation before the finale explodes into a furious fugal dash to the abyss. |
| He excelled the skills even of Frescobaldi in the manipulation of fugal devices such as countersubject, stretto and sustained pedalpoint. |
| If she conceives of it as a fugue, she uses techniques of counterpoint and fugal structure to make the piece. |
| And Handel was no less rigorous and independent in his exploitation of fugal material by inferior composers. |
| In the second movement, for example, it appears pretty much as itself, while in the trio of the scherzo third, Antheil transforms it into a fugal subject. |
| The cadenza's fugal opening was arresting, followed by Beethovenian drama and power. |
