tone poem

noun

, Music.

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

tone poem

noun

1. another term for symphonic poem

Word History and Origins

Origin of tone poem¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The Allegretti opens with an arabesque tone-poem of somber sweetness, under which strange and varied delights are hidden.

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It is perhaps a logical conclusion to the work, if we regard the whole as a sort of tone-poem on life.

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And there are phrases in his tone-poem that commence with all his proper rhythmic ardor and then suddenly degenerate.

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It is a combination of the picturesque, fantastic, and sublime, in a tone-poem dedicated to the dead.

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The opening moderato e cantabile is a tone-poem of touching pathos.

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