orchestral piece based on extramusical ideas, either poetic or realistic
a single movement orchestral work inspired by a poem, painting, scene from nature, or other dramatic or moving event
One-movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene or creates a mood, generally associated with the Romantic era. Also tone poem.
a type of music in which an extra musical idea (literary, descriptive, etc.) serves as the basis of an orchestral composition through-composed: songs in which there is new music to each stanza; the opposite of strophic
This is an orchestral form in which a poem or programme provides a narrative or illustrative basis.
A piece of orchestral program music in one long movement.
(aka Program music). Term used originally by Liszt for an orchestral form organized around a dramatic program or story. This genre was also developed by Berlioz and referred to as a Tone Poem.
A descriptive, or programmatic, work for orchestra, usually dealing with subjects from Romantic literature. Liszt and Strauss were its main exponents.
An orchestral work that depicts stories or images. See program music.
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, in one movement, in which some extra-musical programme provides a narrative or illustrative element. This programme could come from a poem, a novel, a painting or some other source. Music based on extra-musical sources is often known as program music, while music which has no other associations is known as absolute music.