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Noun: tone poem  town pow-um
  1. An orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
    "Strauss's 'Don Quixote' is a tone poem that musically depicts scenes from Cervantes' novel";
    - symphonic poem

Derived forms: tone poems

Type of: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

Encyclopedia: Tone poem