tone poem

noun Music.

an instrumental composition intended to portray a particular story, scene, mood, etc.

Words nearby tone poem

tone control, tone dialing, tone down, tone language, tone painting, tone poem, tone policing, tone row, tone up, tone-deaf, tone-setter

Compare program music, symphonic poem.

Origin of tone poem

First recorded in 1900–05

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Examples from the Web for tone poem

The music to this sentiment is a tone-poem well worthy of the text.
Stars of the Opera|Mabel Wagnalls
The orchestra played their tone-poem faultlessly as to notes.
The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter
It is a combination of the picturesque, fantastic, and sublime, in a tone-poem dedicated to the dead.
The Standard Oratorios|George P. Upton
The plan of the tone-poem that gradually unfolds is one of the clearest.
Musical Criticisms|Arthur Johnstone

It 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 Perry

British Dictionary definitions for tone poem

tone poem

noun

another term for symphonic poem

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tone poem

noun Music.

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Origin of tone poem

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British Dictionary definitions for tone poem

noun