Programme music
Music that tells a story
Nationalism
Music that encourages a sense of pride in a particular country
Tone Poem
Another term for symphonic poem
Berlioz
Composer of Symphonie Fantastique
Overture
A single movement piece sometimes used as the opening music of an opera
Tchaikovsky
Composer of the 1812 Overture
Mendelssohn
Composer of Fingal’s Cave (the Hebrides)
Debussy
Composer of the symphonic poem Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune’
Programme symphony
A descriptive piece for orchestra that has several movements
Movement
Term given to a complete section of orchestral music