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- noun Plural form of
nocturne .
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Examples
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A musician at the piano has been treating us to a few Chopin nocturnes and even to Clair de Lune.
Seattle Bon Vivant: 2005
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A musician at the piano has been treating us to a few Chopin nocturnes and even to Clair de Lune.
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A musician at the piano has been treating us to a few Chopin nocturnes and even to Clair de Lune.
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One of the most elegiac of his nocturnes is the first in B flat minor.
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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Undoubtedly, the most popular of the nocturnes is the one in E flat,
The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887
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These pieces are in effect nothing else than "nocturnes," quite after the manner of Chopin, only less elaborate in treatment and less extended.
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'impressions,' 'nocturnes' and 'notes,' smudges and audacities.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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'nocturnes' and 'symphonies,' their shelves are packed with first editions.
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In the Night, by Robbins, is set to three Chopin nocturnes.
Mariinsky Ballet: Don Quixote; Balanchine/Robbins triple bill – review 2011
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Apart from two piano concertos (both 1830) and four other works for piano and orchestra, virtually all his compositions are for solo piano; they include some 60 mazurkas, 27 études, 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes, some 20 waltzes, 16 polonaises, 4 ballades, 4 scherzos, and 3 sonatas.
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