 Likewise, "Hamlet" started out in 1858 as a prelude to the Shakespearean tragedy.Liszt first used the term "Symphonische Dichtung" (symphonic poem) in public at a concert in Weimar on 23 February 1854 to describe "Les préludes".Later he used the term "poèmes symphoniques" in a letter to Hans von Bülow to describe "Les préludes" and "Orpheus".