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From:  Robert Harris <lds@s...>
Date:  Wed Apr 19, 2000  6:04 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] HELP NOW!!


At 01:46 PM 4/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 4/17/00 7:28:43 PM US Eastern Standard Time, mancl@m...
>writes:
>
><< What's the definition for through composed melody?
> >>
A "through composed" melody is the opposite of strophic melody. A strophe
is similar to a stanza; i.e., a repeated section of a song or aria. By
contrast, a through composed, then, has no repeating sections or stanzas.

Bob


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