tone painting, n.Definitions

Tone painting (n.) music ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠imitating a battle or a storm makes the phenomenon poorer than it is, while Dionysian music widens the single event into a world picture.

Tone painting (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠music sunk into servitude: the intellectual trick of indicating, as truly as possible, a content already cut and dried without it.