Santu de Silva ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Steven Schwartz writes:
>
>>Well, many people have written symphonies on cyclic principles.  Franck
>>in his mature career made it his modus operandi.
>
>What is a cyclic principle?

Offhand either returning, at the end of a work - usually one in more than
one movement, or at least, differentiated sections - to the opening theme.
Or, perhaps even more commonly, using the same theme or group of themes
throughout - Schubert's Wanderer Fantasia is an example (is it the first
cyclic piece?) of a single movement, multi-section work based on a single
theme.

Liszt's B minor sonata, Schumann's 4th Symphony are also cyclic.

Deryk Barker
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