tone poem

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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tone poem (plural tone poems)

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

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Translations

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piece of symphonic music which has a narrative — see symphonic poem
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