Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of music that is based on an extramusical theme, such as a story or nationalistic ideal, and usually consists of a single extended movement for a symphony orchestra.
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- noun music A piece of
symphonic music which, like apoem , has anarrative ordescriptive theme
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- noun an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
Etymologies
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Calque of German Tondichtung (Ton "tone", Dichtung "poem")
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