What does "through-composed" mean?

Of a song, composed so that each stanza may have different music, rather than the same being repeated for all of them.

How do you pronounce "through-composed"?

Pronounced //θruːkəmˈpoʊzd//.

/θruːkəmˈpoʊzd/ adj

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Adjective

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Of a song, composed so that each stanza may have different music, rather than the same being repeated for all of them. not-comparable

Calque of German durchkomponiert.