What is "tone poems"

n. (tone poem English)

The tone poems of Richard Strauss are noted as the high point of program music in the latter part of the 19th century, extending its boundaries and taking the concept of realism in music to an unprecedented level. In these works, he widened the expressive range of music while depicting subjects many times thought unsuitable for musical depiction. As Hugh MacDonald points out in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "In the years prior to World War I these works were held to be in the vanguard of modernism."

Tone Poems is an album of duets by mandolinist David Grisman and guitarist Tony Rice using vintage instruments.

Symphonic poem or tone poem is a form of orchestral composition

Tone Poems may also refer to:

• 3 Tondikter (3 Tone Poems) Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
• Tone poems (Strauss), group of works by Richard Strauss
• Three Tone Poems Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920)
• Tone Poems Michael Glenn Williams
• Tone Poems (Dave Grisman and Tony Rice album)