song cycle
nounDefinition of song cycle
: a group of related songs designed to form a musical entity
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These, along with his chamber operas and song cycles, are among today’s most frequently produced new works. — Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, "Opera composer Jake Heggie breaks new ground with ‘If I Were You’," 23 July 2019 For the past several years, Chicago singer-pianist Patricia Barber has been honing a song cycle of remarkable concision and expressive power. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Reviews: Patricia Barber explores 'Higher' at Green Mill; premieres from Grant Park Orchestra," 16 June 2019 Anaïs Mitchell’s song cycle of Hades and Persephone, and of Orpheus and Eurydice, comes to life with a New Orleans jazz band, a workers chorus, a strutting trio of singing Fates, swinging chandeliers, three turntables and more. — Barbara Isenberg, latimes.com, "Rachel Chavkin on ‘Hadestown,’ female directors and her dream of a TV miniseries," 4 June 2019 Bareilles did not so much write a traditional Broadway score as a song cycle, very much within the existing style that had gained her so many fans. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "In writing the music for 'Waitress,' Sara Bareilles taught musicals a thing or two," 10 July 2018 Others were weighty; his Second Symphony was a song cycle to texts by Georg Trakl and Sylvia Plath. — Michael Cooper, New York Times, "Oliver Knussen, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Composer, Dies at 66," 9 July 2018 The album’s title refers to the family tree; the song cycle examines family relationships, roots and branches at varied ages and in multiple situations. — Barry Mazor, WSJ, "‘The Tree’ Review: Fertile Country," 25 July 2018 Because this documentary song cycle is about loss: of minds, rings, a dog, the hour badly spent. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "Review: ‘Gone Missing,’ Now a Poignant Reminder of a Life Cut Short," 12 July 2018 In excerpts from his song cycle La chanson d’Ève, Op. — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, "Soprano Julia Bullock and pianist John Arida and the art of the big personality," 16 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'song cycle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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