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song cycle
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song cycle
n
(Music / Classical Music) 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
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song cycle nciclo di canzoni


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30 the tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis share the platform at the 12th Century Brinkburn Priory for a performance of Schubert's 1823 song-cycle, Die schon Mullrin, which tells of a rustic romance involving a miller's beautiful daughter.
Byline: AJ Sicluna MAHLER regarded his masterpiece of a song-cycle, Das Lied von der Erde - The Song of the Earth - as a symphony, not without some validity.
There may be three-quarters of a century's great interpretations of Dichterliebe already available on disc, but Finley's stands up well against the best of them, including the series spanning a whole career from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who set the benchmark where baritone versions of this song-cycle are concerned.
 
 
 
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