symphonic poem

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   an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales

   Synonymstone poem

   Broadermusical composition

Questions about symphonic poem

What does symphonic poem mean?

symphonic poem means "an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales".

What is another word for symphonic poem?

Close synonyms include tone poem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is symphonic poem a common word?

symphonic poem is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.