What is Nocturne?
{{No sources|date=May 2020}} A '''nocturne''' is a piece of [[music]], usually for [[piano]], which suggests the night (“nocturnal” means “of the night”). The [[Ireland|Irish]] [[composer]] [[John Field]] was the first person to make nocturnes popular. He was inspired by the slow, gentle tunes of [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]]s of his time (early [[19th century]]). His nocturnes are mostly tunes with many long notes in the right hand over. == Related pages == *[[Nocturnes (Debussy)]] *[[Serenade]] <br />{{music-stub}} [[Category:Musical terminology]]