Therefore, there is no longer the same reason as may have existed years ago, for the performance of extracts at purely symphonic concerts.
"Style in Singing"
W. E. Haslam
The poet's efforts towards symphonic phrasing have long since become habitual and imperative.
"Open Water"
Arthur Stringer
He read everything musical and poetical in type, and his first attempt, when nearly thirty, was a symphonic setting of a poem by a half-forgotten English poet, Robert Browning, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came," and the music aroused hostile German criticism.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker