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The subject is the key element, the basis of the structure of the fugue form due to its melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and polyphonic features. Even from the Baroque period, the development and the final entry were the sections with the most innovative constructive aspects due to a certain freedom given to the composer in the treatment of the theme, resulting in a multitude of ways to conceive them. In 20th-century music, this freedom becomes manifest in all musical parameters (melody, rhythm, key, writing etc.), but...

Background: In the artistic context of 20th century, George Enescu is the only representative Romanian composer who will be included in the diverse landscape of the 1900-1940’s, and he will be integrated into the neoclassic direction. He was considered to be “one of the most interesting contemporary spirits”, due to the fact that he remained outside of the avant-gardist experiments, the abstraction trends and the “sterilization” of music. In the Second Suite for Orchestra, op. 20, the composer “will meet the needs...