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Failure to remember polyphonic composition (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fugue

I believe this is a double definition.

'failure to remember' is the first definition.
(as in a fugue state)

'polyphonic composition' is the second definition.
(I know that fugue is a type of polyphonic composition)

(Other definitions for fugue that I've seen before include "Composition involving a repeated interwoven melody" , "Strict musical form" , "Yearly records" , "One musical form ..." , "A musical form; a memory loss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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