Song cycle

A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in sequence as a single entity. Usually all of the songs are by the same composer and use words from the same poet. A song cycle is unified by reference to a particular theme or by telling a story.

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The term originated to describe cycles of songs (often called lieder) in classical music, and has been extended to apply to popular music.

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The first example of a song cycle is generally thought to be Ludwig van Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte (1816). The genre was firmly established by the cycles of Franz Schubert: his Die sch?ne M?llerin (1823) and Winterreise (1827), based on poems by Wilhelm M?ller, are among his most greatly admired works. Schubert's Schwanengesang (1828) is also frequently performed as a cycle.

Song: :For other senses of this word, see song (disambiguation)....

Poet: Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. Poets are often regarded as imaginative thinkers or writers. Bad poets are called poetasters....

Lieder: REDIRECT Lied...

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