I’ve just finished my first ever fugue — a Gloria in G major — and it also happens to be the first composition I’ve completed this year.
I’ll be honest: for years the word fugue felt slightly intimidating. Academic. Complicated. Something other composers did.
But once I stopped thinking of it as an argument to be won, and more as a journey that unfolds and comes to rest, it suddenly made sense.
This Gloria isn’t about drama or cleverness.
It’s about movement, praise, and arrival — voices entering one by one, travelling together, and finally coming home.
There’s something very satisfying about finishing a piece like this. Not because it’s “clever”, but because it feels settled.
If you’re a creative person, you’ll know what I mean when I say:
sometimes finishing something quietly is just as important as starting something loudly.
I’ll share the music shortly for anyone who’d like to listen.
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