Definition of "strophic" []

• Relating to or consisting of strophes. (adjective)
• Music Having the same melody used for each strophe. (adjective)

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• "/This is in Antique Rhythm: its structure is 'strophic' (above, page 243)."
• "Sawt music is strophic, meaning the same rhythm is repeated, but different words are sung over it."
• "The operetta's one big hit is "Wo sie war die Müllerin," a strophic ditty that completely stops the action in the middle of the finale of Act II (much as the "prince and princess" song would do a decade later in Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow")."