tone poem

an instrumental composition intended to portray a particular story, scene, mood, etc.

Origin of tone poem

First recorded in 1900–05

The music to this sentiment is a tone-poem well worthy of the text.

Stars of the Opera |Mabel Wagnalls
The orchestra played their tone-poem faultlessly as to notes.

The Genius |Margaret Horton Potter
It is a combination of the picturesque, fantastic, and sublime, in a tone-poem dedicated to the dead.

The Standard Oratorios |George P. Upton
The plan of the tone-poem that gradually unfolds is one of the clearest.

Musical Criticisms |Arthur Johnstone

It is perhaps a logical conclusion to the work, if we regard the whole as a sort of tone-poem on life.

Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works |Edward Baxter Perry

tone poem

another term for symphonic poem