song cycle
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noun
a group of art songs that are usually all by the same poet and composer and have a unifying subject or idea.
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Origin of song cycle
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby song cycle
son et lumière, song, song and dance, songbird, songbook, song cycle, songfest, song form, songful, Songhai, Songhua
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song cycle
noun
any of several groups of songs written by composers during and after the Romantic period, each series employing texts, usually by one poet, relating a story or grouped around a central motif
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