Symphonic Poem
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...sort. Although the symphonic poem better expressed the spirit of romanticism than did the symphony, it did not supersede the symphony; many composers, e.g., Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Franck, and Dvorak, wrote in both forms...