Definition of nocturne Nocturne
noc•turne
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What does nocturne mean?
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NounPlural: nocturnes |
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| nocturne - a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nocturne (n.)
A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
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nocturne
A dreamlike or pensive musical composition.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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nocturne
nok′turn, n. a painting showing a scene by night: a piece of music of a dreamy character suitable to evening or night thoughts: a serenade: a reverie. [Fr.; cf. Nocturn.]
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- A nocturne is a piece of music, usually for piano, which suggests the night (“nocturnal” means “of the night”). The Irish composer John Field was the first person to make nocturnes popular. He was inspired by the slow, gentle tunes of Italian operas of his time (early 19th century). His nocturnes are mostly tunes with many long notes in the right hand over
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🔤- nocturne, noun, singular of nocturnes.
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