tone poem

English

Etymology

Calque of German Tondichtung (Ton (“tone”) + Dichtung (“poem”)).

Noun

tone poem (plural tone poems)

  1. (music) A piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme.

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