is a list of some notable composers who wrote symphonic poems. En skärgardssägen, Op. 20 (1903) Isabella or the Pot of Basil (1909, after the poem by John...
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A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem...
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The symphonic poems of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt are a series of 13 orchestral works, numbered S.95–107. The first 12 were composed between 1848...
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prolific composer of symphonic poems, independent overtures and fantasias, who often drew his inspiration from history. To the Memory of a Hero, elegy for...
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Wojciech Kilar (redirect from Orawa (symphonic poem))
Krzesany is a symphonic poem completed in 1974. The premiere of the poem took place in Warsaw during the "Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary...
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has since become one of the most eminent examples of the symphonic poem.[citation needed] "(Program notes)" (PDF). University of Washington Symphony Orchestra...
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Film music Incidental music List of program music List of symphonic poems Mickey Mousing Representation (arts) Sakadas of Argos Word painting McClary...
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had written six symphonic poems similar to those of Franz Liszt. Strauss may have already been turning away from the conservative style of music, influenced...
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Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef is an album by multi-instrumentalist Bennie Maupin and percussionist Adam Rudolph. It was recorded at Clear Lake...
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Má vlast (category Symphonic poems)
pronunciation: [maː vlast]), also known as My Fatherland, is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana...
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Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that...
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Classical music lists (category Lists of lists)
List of sonatas List of symphonic poems List of symphonies by number List of symphonies with names List of tarantellas List of violin sonatas List of...
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Augusta Holmès (category Burials at the Cemetery of Saint-Louis, Versailles)
including songs, oratorios, the libretto of her opera La Montagne noire and the programmatic poems for her symphonic poems including Irlande and Andromède. Holmès...
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Rhapsody (1926 San Francisco) Helvetia, Symphonic Poem (1929 Frankfurt - San Francisco) Evocations, Symphonic Suite (1937 Châtel, Haute Savoie) Suite...
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The Poem of Ecstasy (Le Poème de l'extase), Op. 54, is a symphonic poem by Russian composer and pianist Alexander Scriabin written between 1905 and 1908...
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Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns) (category Symphonic poems by Camille Saint-Saëns)
is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It premiered 24 January 1875. It is in the key of G minor...
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Les préludes (category Symphonic poems by Franz Liszt)
("Preludes" or "The Beginnings"), S.97, is the third of Franz Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems. The music was composed between 1845 and 1854, and began...
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Kaintuck' (Still) (category Symphonic poems by William Grant Still)
compositions List of symphonic poems Bluegrass music Soll, Beverly (2005). I Dream a World: The Operas of William Grant Still. University of Arkansas Press...
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Prince Rostislav (Rachmaninoff) (redirect from Prince Rostislav (symphonic poem))
Rostislav is a symphonic poem by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was composed when he was a student at the Moscow Conservatory, and is one of his earliest surviving...
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Symphonic music in Iran encompasses Iranian musical pieces composed in the symphonic style. In addition to instrumental compositions, some of Iran's symphonic...
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Africa (Still) (category Symphonic poems by William Grant Still)
Africa is a 1930 symphonic poem in three movements by American composer William Grant Still. The work, originally scored for chamber orchestra, was first...
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The Water Goblin (redirect from Vodník (poem))
Water-Fay) is a symphonic poem, Op. 107 (B. 195), written by Antonín Dvořák in 1896. The source of inspiration for The Water Goblin was a poem found in a collection...
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dictionary. Finlandia is a symphonic poem by Jean Sibelius. Finlandia may also refer to: Finlandia Hymn, a section of the symphonic poem "Finlandia" (song),...
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78, is a "symphonic ballad" for orchestra, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1891. It is based on Alexander Pushkin's translation of Adam Mickiewicz's...
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Prometheus (Liszt) (category Symphonic poems by Franz Liszt)
in his cycle of symphonic poems when he revised it in 1855. The work is based on the Greek myth detailing the Titan Prometheus' theft of fire from the...
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Franz Liszt (redirect from Franz List)
influence of Liszt's symphonic poems is seen in Sibelius' Kullervo and En saga. Richard Strauss also wrote his notable collection of tone poems around this time...
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (redirect from Prelude to the afternoon of a faun)
faune (L. 86), known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in...
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Le Chasseur maudit (Franck) (category Symphonic poems by César Franck)
Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman) is a symphonic poem by César Franck. The sections of the work are: The Peaceful Sunday Landscape The Hunt The...
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Darker America (Still) (category Symphonic poems by William Grant Still)
Darker America is a 1924 symphonic poem by American composer William Grant Still. The composition, exploring themes of sorrow, hope, and prayer, is a...
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II = Symphonic Poems, III = Other Orchestral Works), and finally Arabic numerals for the individual works; this catalogue is merely a listing of titles...
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