English Explanatory Dictionary

tone poem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme.

Word forms

tone poem tone poems

Etymology

Calque of German Tondichtung (Ton (“tone”) + Dichtung (“poem”)).

Synonyms

symphonic poem
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