song cycle

noun

1. a group of art songs that are usually all by the same poet and composer and have a unifying subject or idea.

song cycle

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of song cycle¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

In this song-cycle of nine poems we are shown the death of a woman's heart.

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