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through-composed Definition

through·-composed (t̸hro̵̅o̅′kəm pōzd′)

adjective

having a compositional structure that is not based on repeating sections of music; specif., of a song with stanzas having regular meter and rhyme but different music for each stanza

through-composed Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • opera: But through-composed opera in English was not a crowdpuller - it was only acceptable to specialized audiences such as a school or a court.

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