1.   Supposing the Elders of a Carpet Snake clan decided it was time to sing their song cycle from beginning to end?

2.   A prolific composer who was especially adept at text setting, Ms. Talma wrote dozens of song cycles and choral works on both sacred and secular subjects.

3.   After the Janacek song cycle on Thursday evening, the performers recognized Heaney from the stage.

4.   Both scores were conceived as song cycles before they were turned into music-theater works.

5.   He recently wrote violin sonatas for Shaham and Young Uck Kim and song cycles for Ms. Bonney and Sylvia McNair.

6.   It is enough, he says, if his new song cycle simply moves people, and comforts them.

7.   Last year I composed three song cycles that took things to a more intense level.

8.   More recently, rock operas, or narrative song cycles, have been tried by heavy-metal bands from Queensryche to Savatage.

9.   Our task is to make it a compelling theater experience and not just a song cycle of very hooky songs.

10.   The Mozart performances have been widely spaced, and he has also accompanied singers in Schumann song cycles.