The story
- German · derived fromTondichtung
- English todaytone poem
Calque of German Tondichtung (Ton (“tone”) + Dichtung (“poem”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme. Full definition →
Calque of German Tondichtung (Ton (“tone”) + Dichtung (“poem”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.