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Definition of: symphonic poem
Music
A composition in free form for symphony orchestra, composed either as a unit (as Liszt's Les Préludes or Strauss's Death and Transfiguration) or as a short series of pieces (as Debussy's La Mer), and following a descriptive, literary, or “program” outline; a tone poem: a form developed by Liszt in the 19th century.
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