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tone poem
noun
- an instrumental composition intended to portray a particular story, scene, mood, etc.
tone poem
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Origin of tone poem1
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Example Sentences
The Allegretti opens with an arabesque tone-poem of somber sweetness, under which strange and varied delights are hidden.
It is perhaps a logical conclusion to the work, if we regard the whole as a sort of tone-poem on life.
And there are phrases in his tone-poem that commence with all his proper rhythmic ardor and then suddenly degenerate.
It is a combination of the picturesque, fantastic, and sublime, in a tone-poem dedicated to the dead.
The opening moderato e cantabile is a tone-poem of touching pathos.
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