She said something he could not hear and the music ceased.

The music ceased presently, and then a moment later she asked to be lifted up.

The music ceased and the three all gazed at him.

The broken music ceased suddenly, and a different kind of sound succeeded.

In a few years she won't be thinking or feeling deeply at all, and I am afraid that then her music will cease.

The music ceased, and the silence was a shock to him.

After a while, the music ceased and the devotees opened their eyes.

The office was strangely quiet; even the distant music of the band had ceased.

The music had ceased in the rapture of its melody.

The music ceased and he arose, taking a standing position before her, as if to rest himself.