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Nocturne

A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.


A piece of music of a nocturnal mood. Irish composer John Field invented the form in the early 19th Century, which led to its popularisation by Chopin, who wrote 21 nocturnes.

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