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Symphonic poem
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A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or ot
Vyšehrad over the Vltava River, evoked musically in the first poem of Smetana's Má vlast.
Vyšehrad over the Vltava River, evoked musically in the first poem of Smetana's Má vlast.
Hans Baldung Grien, Witches, woodcut, 1508. Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain was meant to evoke a witches' sabbath.
Hans Baldung Grien, Witches, woodcut, 1508. Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain was meant to evoke a witches' sabbath.
Michael Wolgemut, The Dance of Death (1493) from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, evoked musically in Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre.
Michael Wolgemut, The Dance of Death (1493) from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, evoked musically in Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre.
Honoré Daumier, Painting of Don Quixote, c. 1855–1865
Honoré Daumier, Painting of Don Quixote, c. 1855–1865
Franz Liszt
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Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most
Symphonic poem
…source. The German term Tondichtung, literally tone poem, appears to have been first used by the composer Carl Loewe in 1828. The Hungarian composer Franz Liszt first applied the term Symphonische Dichtung to his 13 works in this vein, which commenced in 1848. While many symphonic poems may compare in size and…
Franz Lizt, vers 14-15 ans, Jean Vignaud [fr] (1826)
Franz Lizt, vers 14-15 ans, Jean Vignaud [fr] (1826)
Niccolò Paganini (1828)
Niccolò Paganini (1828)
Marie d'Agoult, Henri Lehmann (1843)
Marie d'Agoult, Henri Lehmann (1843)
Sigismond Thalberg (1836)
Sigismond Thalberg (1836)