symphonic poem


noun Music.

a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.

Origin of symphonic poem

First recorded in 1860–65

Example sentences from the Web for symphonic poem

  • He spoke vaguely to me of studies for new symphonic works, presumably in the symphonic-poem form of Liszt.

    Unicorns |James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for symphonic poem

symphonic poem

noun

music an extended orchestral composition, originated by Liszt, based on nonmusical material, such as a work of literature or folk tale Also called: tone poem