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nounA piece of orchestral music, in one movement, based on something non-musical, such as a story or a painting.
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nounan orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales
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Translations
Catalan poema simfònic
- poema simfònicpiece of music based on something non-musical
Chinese Mandarin 交響詩 /交响诗
- 交響詩 /交响诗 (jiāoxiǎngshī)piece of music based on something non-musical
Finnish sinfoninen runo
- sinfoninen runopiece of music based on something non-musical
French poème symphonique
- poème symphoniquepiece of music based on something non-musical
German Tondichtung, sinfonische Dichtung
- Tondichtungpiece of music based on something non-musical
- sinfonische Dichtungpiece of music based on something non-musical
Greek συμφωνικό ποίημα
- συμφωνικό ποίημα (symfonikó poíima)piece of music based on something non-musical
Japanese 交響詩
- 交響詩 (kōkyōshi)piece of music based on something non-musical
Romanian poem simfonic
- poem simfonicpiece of music based on something non-musical
Spanish poema sinfónico
- poema sinfónicopiece of music based on something non-musical
Cite this entry
APA
symphonic poem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symphonic%20poem
MLA
“symphonic poem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symphonic%20poem. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symphonic poem,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symphonic%20poem.
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