Sonata Cycle has two uses in western classical music. In reference to performance or recording, it almost always means the complete traversal of a set of works by a single composer. For example a "Beethoven Sonata Cycle" would refer to a performer playing all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. In music theory it can refer to the layout of a multi-movement work where the movements are recognizably in the forms of classical music tradition, headed by a sonata-allegro movement, in preference to other terms that are used for the same concept. A composer is a person who writes music. ... 1820 portrait by Karl Stieler Beethoven redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up movement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The term Movement has a variety of different meanings related to motion: Physical movement between points in space (A to B). The amount of movement is called distance. ... Sonata form is a musical form that has been used widely since the early Classical period. ...