tone poem
Definition
- Noun:
- A symphonic poem: A "tone poem" is a piece of orchestral music, typically in one continuous movement, that illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, story, novel, painting, landscape, or other non-musical source. It is a programmatic work intended to tell a story or describe a scene through music.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Richard Strauss's "Also sprach Zarathustra" is a famous tone poem inspired by Nietzsche's philosophical novel.
- The composer dedicated his latest tone poem to the legends of the ancient forest.
- In the concert, the orchestra performed a dramatic tone poem based on a Scottish ballad.
Advanced Usage
- As a genre label: The term is often used to categorize a significant portion of 19th and early 20th-century programmatic orchestral music.
- The Romantic era saw the tone poem become a major form for expressing literary and pictorial ideas through music.
Variants and Related Words
- Symphonic poem: This is a direct synonym for "tone poem." The terms are used interchangeably.
- Franz Liszt is considered a pioneer of the symphonic poem.
Synonyms
- Symphonic poem: An orchestral composition that tells a story or describes a scene.
- Program music: A broader category of instrumental music intended to convey an extra-musical narrative, of which the tone poem is a prime example.
Related Idioms/Phrases
(This term is a specific musical genre and does not commonly feature in idiomatic phrases outside of musical discussion.)
Noun
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an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
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