Permutation fugue
Choir fugue without free intermezzos in which unaltered counterpoints, alternating as dux and comes, follow each other according to a fixed scheme:
A B A B A B A B soprano 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 alto 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 tenore 1 2 3 4 1 2 basso 1 2 3 4 1
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