tone poem

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tone poem (plural tone poems)

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

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He also wrote an orchestral tone poem on A Shropshire Lad, first performed at Leeds Festival under Arthur Nikisch in 1912. Source: Internet

Finally the composer consented and in 1937 and 1940 agreed to words for the hymn, first for the Free Masons and later for more general use. citation The Oceanides is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written in 1913–14. Source: Internet

Holst also wrote the orchestral tone poem Egdon Heath: A Homage to Thomas Hardy in 1927. Source: Internet

The viola occasionally has a major role in orchestral music, a prominent example being Richard Strauss ' tone poem Don Quixote for solo cello and viola and orchestra. Source: Internet

Sibelius's first significant composition of 1913 was the tone poem The Bard which he conducted in March to a respectful audience in Helsinki. Source: Internet

In the South (Alassio) (1903–1904), although designated by Elgar as a concert-overture, is, according to Kennedy, really a tone poem and the longest continuous piece of purely orchestral writing Elgar had essayed. Source: Internet

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