song cycle

noun

: a group of related songs designed to form a musical entity

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Taylor Swift dreams up a complex 31-part song cycle in her spare time, in the middle of history’s biggest tour, and creates the world’s favorite 2024 music. Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024 Hozier – Unheard In 2023, Hozier released Unreal Unearth, an ambitious song cycle inspired by Dante’s Inferno. Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024 Will Liverman National Sawdust, December 8 Liverman, who jumped to Met Opera stardom with starring roles in Fire Shut Up in My Bones and X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, brings his own new song cycle to this far more intimate Williamsburg venue, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024 It could also be called a song cycle that employs ear-piercing rock and, for respite, a welcoming string quartet. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for song cycle 

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of song cycle was in 1870

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“Song cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/song%20cycle. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.

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