The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001.

He composed a cycle of twenty-four preludes and fugues in four volumes, for multiple combinations of instruments.

She had a working relationship with composer Sergei Rachmaninoff during the 1910s, and he composed a cycle of six romantic songs dedicated to her (opus 38).

During this time Mozart composed a cycle of string quartets, K.168-K.173.

In 1990-91 he composed a ten-movement cycle for organ based upon the visions of Hildegard von Bingen.

During this "vacation", Dvořák began to use the collected material and to compose a new cycle of short piano pieces.

He spent several years composing a cycle of six symphonic poems called Ma Vlast (My Fatherland).

His marriage in 1843 to Laura Csajághy inspired him to compose a new cycle of love poems.

His contemporary Johann Heinrich Kittel (1652-1682) also composed a cycle of 12 organ preludes in successive keys.

That year, Bach composed a cycle of chorale cantatas, begun on the first Sunday after Trinity of 1724.