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Nocturnes (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin wrote 21 nocturnes for solo piano between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the finest short solo works for the instrument and hold an important place in contemporary concert repertoire. [1] Although Chopin did not invent the nocturne, he popularized and expanded on it, building on the form ...
The opening bars from Op. 55, No. 1 in F minor above, and the second theme below. The Nocturnes, Op. 55 are a set of two nocturnes for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin. They are his fifteenth and sixteenth installations in the genre, and were composed between 1842 and 1844, and published in August 1844. Chopin dedicated them to his pupil ...
The opening bars and main theme of No. 1. The Nocturnes, Op. 9 are a set of three nocturnes for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1831 and 1832, published in 1832, and dedicated to Madame Marie Pleyel. These were Chopin's first published set of nocturnes. The second nocturne of the work is often regarded as Chopin's most famous piece.
The opening bars of No. 1 in F major. The Nocturnes, Op. 15 are a set of three nocturnes for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1830 and 1833. The work was published in January 1834, and was dedicated to Ferdinand Hiller. [1] These nocturnes display a more personal approach to the nocturne form than that of the earlier Opus 9.
Pages in category "Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin". The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth. (Chopin) Nocturnes (Chopin) Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Chopin) Nocturnes, Op. 15 (Chopin)
See media help. Frédéric Chopin 's Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, B. 108, WN 62, is a musical work for solo piano composed in 1847-1848. [1] [2] It was the last of Chopin's nocturnes to be published, and was done so posthumously in 1938. [3] It is famous for its striking simplicity and folk-like melody.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler RBA ( / ˈwɪslər /; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".
History. The term nocturne (from French nocturne "of the night") [1] was first applied to musical pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements, normally played for an evening party and then laid aside. Sometimes it carried the Italian equivalent, notturno, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Notturno in D ...
Nocturnes, Op. 32 (Chopin) Chopin, 1835. The Nocturnes, Op. 32 is a set of two nocturnes for solo piano written and published by Frédéric Chopin in 1837. [1] [2] The nocturnes are dedicated to Madame Camile de Billing, [2] and were his ninth and tenth nocturnes published.
Nocturnes, L 98 (also known as Trois Nocturnes or Three Nocturnes) is an impressionist orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy, who wrote it between 1892 and 1899. It is based on poems from Poèmes anciens et romanesques ( Henri de Régnier, 1890).