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tone poem

noun Music.

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

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Compare program music, symphonic poem.

Origin of tone poem

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby tone poem

Tonegawa, tone language, toneless, toneme, tone painting, tone poem, tone policing, toner, tone row, tone-setter, tonetic
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British Dictionary definitions for tone poem

tone poem

noun

another term for symphonic poem
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