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strophic (from Gk. strophe). Term applied to song in which the same mus. is repeated, perhaps with very minor change, for each successive stanza of setting of a poem, in manner of folk-song. The opposite, where the mus. progresses, is called ‘through-composed’ (Ger. Durchkomponiert). In general, the strophic song is simple and lyrical, the through-composed more dramatic or complex.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE

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strophic See HINGE.

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