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Definition of Tone poem
1. Noun. An orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales.
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music
Definition of Tone poem
1. Noun. (music) A piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tone Poem
Literary usage of Tone poem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stories of Symphonic Music: A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies by Lawrence Gilman (1907)
""DON JUAN," TONE-POEM: Op. 20 This work is usually placed first on the list of
... The subject of this tone-poem is the " Don Juan" of Nicolaus Lenau ..."
2. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1906)
"Thematic details ; problems of the revision. The " tone-poem " conducted at
Zurich ; its reception elsewhere. Und so ist mir das Dasein eine Last, ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"Op. 23; the tone poem for orchestra, "Tod und Verklärung," Op. 24; the three-act
opera " Guntram," Op. 25 ..."
4. How to Appreciate Music by Gustav Kobbé (1906)
"Originator of the tone poem. Nor does Richard Strauss require such tactics.
He has made three excursions into music-drama and he may make others. ..."
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