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Song cycle
Group of songs designed to be performed in sequence as a single entity
For the album by Van Dyke Parks, see Song Cycle (album). For the works by Graham Waterhouse, see Song cycles (Waterhouse).
A song cycle (German: Liederkreis or Liederzyklus) is a group, or cycle, of individually complete songs designed to be performed in sequence, as a unit.[1]
The songs are either for solo voice or an ensemble, or rarely a combination of solo songs mingled with choral pieces.[2] The number of songs in a song cycle may be as brief as two songs[3] or as long as 30 or more songs.[1] The term "song cycle" did not enter lexicography until 1865, in Arrey von Dommer's edition of Koch’s Musikalisches Lexikon, but works definable in retrospect as song cycles existed long before then.[1] One of the earliest examples may be the set of seven Cantigas de amigo by the 13th-century GalicianjongleurMartin Codax.[4]Jeffrey Mark identified the group of dialect songs 'Hodge und Malkyn' from Thomas Ravenscroft's The Briefe Dis We have Ludwig van Beethoven to thank for the first song cycle in music history. With the song cycle "An die ferne Geliebte" op. 98, he laid the foundation for an art song tradition that was to define the Romantic period. The series of song recitals at the Beethoven-Haus is dedicated to this tradition. Following his great success with Daniel Hope at BTHVN WOCHE 2024, American baritone Thomas Hampson returns to Bonn for a special recital. Together with Latvian musician Ksenija Sidorova, one of the world's outstanding classical accordionists, he will present an unusual version of Schubert's 'Die Winterreise', a key work in Hampson's career. The song cycle will be complemented in the second part of the concert by music by Astor Piazzolla and Igor Stravinsky, in which Ksenija Sidorova will also be able to demonstrate her skills, and the wonderful songs by Kurt Weill. Copyright ©bandtide.pages.dev 2025•
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