Also 8 fughist, 9 fugueist. [f. FUGUE sb. + -IST.] A composer of fugues.
1789. Burney, Hist. Mus., III. ii. 110. Handel was perhaps the only great Fughist exempt from pedantry.
1829. Lamb, Lett. (1888), II. 233.
Dear Fugueist, | |
or hearst thou rather | |
Contrapuntist? |
1841. H. F. Chorley, Mus. & Mann. (1844), III. 246. Classical preluders and steady fuguists will come in time.