tone poem
an instrumental composition intended to portray a particular story, scene, mood, etc.
Origin of tone poem
1- Compare program music, symphonic poem.
Words Nearby tone poem
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How to use tone poem in a sentence
The Allegretti opens with an arabesque tone-poem of somber sweetness, under which strange and varied delights are hidden.
Bizarre | Lawton MackallIt is perhaps a logical conclusion to the work, if we regard the whole as a sort of tone-poem on life.
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works | Edward Baxter PerryAnd there are phrases in his tone-poem that commence with all his proper rhythmic ardor and then suddenly degenerate.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldIt is a combination of the picturesque, fantastic, and sublime, in a tone-poem dedicated to the dead.
The Standard Oratorios | George P. UptonThe opening moderato e cantabile is a tone-poem of touching pathos.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
British Dictionary definitions for tone poem
another term for symphonic poem
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