program symphony

Any instrumental genre could be composed in such a way as to tell a story or paint a picture in the mind's eye of the listener. A program symphony is the result of a composer applying the principle of program music to the genre of the symphony.

program music, instrumental music that carries some extramusical meaning, some “program” of literary idea, legend, scenic description, or personal drama. It is contrasted with so-called absolute, or abstract, music, in which artistic interest is supposedly confined to abstract constructions in sound.

A symphony is an orchestra's large-scale musical composition, usually requiring 50-80 instruments. Symphonies refer to the music, not the musicians performing it, and similar to stage plays, they may have several movements or acts of, often complex, elaborate classical music.

Romantic period The symphonic poem (also known an tone poem), usually a single-movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, tells a story, suggests a scene or creates a mood, became the most prominent vehicle for program music in the Romantic era.

A symphonic poem is composed as one continuous movement in orchestral music. A program symphony, on the other hand, has numerous movements as opposed to merely one continuous one.

Program symphony: multimovement orchestral work. Symphonic poem: one-movement work for orchestra in which contrasting sections develop a poetic idea, suggest a scene, or create a mood; also called tone poem.

There are many examples of program music, which is music based on other art forms. Some examples include: Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, which was based on a love story he wrote. Richard Strauss wrote many pieces of music based on the characters of stories like Don Juan and Don Quixote.

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt Liszt is considered the inventor of the symphonic poem and his programmatic orchestral works set the framework for several composers of the romantic era.

noun,plural sym·pho·nies. Music. an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements.

agreement or concord of sound The word symphony is derived from the Greek word συμφωνία (symphōnía), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concert of vocal or instrumental music", from σύμφωνος (sýmphōnos), "harmonious".

Romantic composers cultivated program music in the 19th century. Program music: instrumental music with a literary or pictorial association, as opposed to absolute music.

Program and programme are two words having similar meanings with spelling differences. In the American English language, the program is the correct spelling. In British English, programme is the more popular spelling. Also, in British English, the program is often used in computer programming contexts.