‖ durchkomponiert, a. Mus.
(ˌdur{cced}kɔmpoˈniːrt, ˈdʊəxkɒmpəʊnɪət)
[G., f. durch through + komponiert composed.]
Of songs, etc.: having a different musical setting for each verse, stanza, or strophe; through-composed.
| 1897 J. S. Shedlock tr. Riemann's Dict. Mus. 209/1 Durchkomponirt (Ger., ‘through-composed’), a term applied to a song, when the different strophes of the poem have each their own melody, and are not, as in the volk-song and simple art-song, sung to one and the same melody. 1957 E. T. Cone in N. Frye Sound & Poetry 10 Schubert..made the decision to renounce the simple quatrains of Goethe's ballad in favor of a durchkomponiert design following the climactic narrative. 1958 Listener 20 Nov. 850/3 Puccini's Girl of the Golden West..is more completely durchkomponiert than his earlier operas. |