A term which describes a song or aria in which the same music is repeated exactly for each verse or stanza. It is the opposite of a song that is through composed. Thus, to take two examples from Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, the dolls song is strophic, whilst the Diamond aria is through composed.
Having the same music for all the units (or strophes) of the text, as in a hymn. Opp. of through-composed . Angels We Have Heard on High and Pange lingua (CD 1) are strophic compositions.
Refers to an aria in which all stanzas of the text are sung to the same music.
using the same melody for each verse of a song
In poetry or hymns, any text which is organized in stanzas of equal length. Strophic musical settings refer to a composition which employs the same music for different text (usually, strophic poetry).
a song is termed strophic if all the stances of the poem are sung to the same music. Hymns and folk songs are usually strophic, as are most of the art songs written before 1800; the opposite of through composed
a composition is strophic if the music which accompanies one stanza of poetry is repeated for subsequent stanzas.
(stro´-fik). Designation for a song in which all stanzas of the text are sung to the same music.
A term used to describe a song in which all the stanzas of the text are sung to the same music. The opposite of through-composed.
