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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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