Prog Rock Fugues

So at the moment I am working with a friend on our very first Progressive Rock album.

One thing we are doing is exploring classical forms (me being from a classical background, and my friend just enjoying counterpoint beyond all natural reason). But he is, shall we say, somewhat unfamiliar with the art of composing a fugue and then maintaining the counter themes and expositions in harmony.

He loves Progressive rock and has a brilliant ear for music, however. So I am wishing to get a good catalog of Prog Rock fugues to give to him, basically as homework for him to work on with his keyboard and guitar, so he gets the gist more fully.

Currently the only ones I can name off the top of my head are:

On Reflection - Gentle Giant
Moog Fugue - Gentle Giant
The Endless Enigma - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Contrappunti - Le Orme
Little Fugue in G Minor - as played by Styx

But I don't know any by name beyond this.

For those who don't know:

A fugue is a contrapuntal piece, which begins with a main theme, which is then repeated in different pitches (this is called imitation), and this imitation happens at a minimum of two times throughout the piece (though Bach went beyond that on a dare and did a six part fugue as well), typically the voices occur in a descending order, highest to lowest. In most cases, particularly of the Baroque era, the order was (high) Tonic, (lower dominant), with a consistent decline in pitch, always following the tonic and dominant pattern. During this whole process the voice that was previously playing turns into a counter-theme to the main theme, creating two independent "tunes" if you will, which are interdependent on each other for strict harmonies, while also creating precise and very intricate rhythms.

Another way to think of the pattern:

So if your Fugue was in C, you'd start on high C, then the theme would be repeated again in G (below the high C), and if there were more voices it would continue to Middle C, and then the G below Middle C.

There are variances of course (Bach occasionally started with a lower tonic and then rose up to the dominant, but the pattern was still the same: tonic-dominant).

Anyways, suggestions?

Edited by philipemery - August 17 2018 at 13:18

Know that one, looking for more Prog Rock fugues, not jazz though.

Egg and Ekseption