Editing Fugue (section)

===Episode===
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Further entries of the subject may follow the initial exposition either immediately or separated by episodes.<ref name="oxfcomp" /> Episodic material is always [[Modulation (music)|modulatory]] and is usually based upon some musical idea heard in the exposition.<ref name="classic" /><ref name="oxfcomp" /> Each episode has the primary function of transitioning into a new key for the next entry of the subject,<ref name="oxfcomp" /> and may also provide release from the strictness of form required by the exposition.<ref name="Verrall 1966 33">{{harvnb|Verrall|1966|p=33}}</ref> [[André Gedalge]], a teacher of [[Maurice Ravel]], stated that the episode of the fugue is generally based on a series of imitations of the subject that have been fragmented.<ref>{{harvnb|Gedalge|1964|p=}}</ref>