Definition of durchkomponiert in English:
durchkomponiert
adjective ˌdʊəxˈkɒmpɒnɪətˌdʊrçkɔmpoˈniːrtˌdo͝orKHˌkämpōˈnēərt
Music (of a composition, especially a song) not based on repeated sections or verses, especially having different music for each verse.
Also called through-composed
Example sentencesExamples
- His music was not composed in small blocks, but was durchkomponiert - composed with ongoing continuity.
- However, closer study shows that the writing already exhibits embryonically those traits which characterise Mozart's mature works: some innovative elements of independence of the vocal and instrumental lines are evident, as are the first stirrings of durchkomponiert writing within individual movements and of coherence between them.
- In durchkomponiert music like Wagner, no matter how stunning, you keep quite as a mouse until the end of the act.
- The durchkomponiert character of this movement may also represent an homage to Schumann, who developed that style in his lieder.
- However, over the last decade the urge has been transformed and channeled into a highly focused, disciplined school of through-composed, what the Germans once called durchkomponiert, improvisational music.
Origin
From German, from durch 'through' + komponiert 'composed' (because the music is different throughout).
Definition of durchkomponiert in US English:
durchkomponiert
adjectiveˌdo͝orKHˌkämpōˈnēərt
Music another term for through-composed
Example sentencesExamples
- However, closer study shows that the writing already exhibits embryonically those traits which characterise Mozart's mature works: some innovative elements of independence of the vocal and instrumental lines are evident, as are the first stirrings of durchkomponiert writing within individual movements and of coherence between them.
- His music was not composed in small blocks, but was durchkomponiert - composed with ongoing continuity.
- The durchkomponiert character of this movement may also represent an homage to Schumann, who developed that style in his lieder.
- In durchkomponiert music like Wagner, no matter how stunning, you keep quite as a mouse until the end of the act.
- However, over the last decade the urge has been transformed and channeled into a highly focused, disciplined school of through-composed, what the Germans once called durchkomponiert, improvisational music.
Origin
From German, from durch ‘through’ + komponiert ‘composed’ (because the music is different throughout).