In the context of a tone poem or related piece, the composer may, in varying degrees, impose a vision upon a setting as well as absorb and reflect the atmosphere of that time and place in musical ways.
The finished work and its total effect will illustrate the extent to which the the composer speaks and the setting or event portrayed in the work is fully brought into being.
The finished work and its total effect will illustrate the extent to which the the composer speaks and the setting or event portrayed in the work is fully brought into being.