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.
originally a salon piano work, as in examples by John Field and Chopin, with nighttime associations. Mozart's Nottumi are small chamber pieces. A celebrated orchestral set by Debussy owes more to the paintings so titled by Whistler than to previous musical examples.
("night piece") A nineteenth-century character piece for piano.
A moderately slow piece, usually for piano, of dreamy, contemplative character and song-like melody.
a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
"night music," intimate works usually written for solo piano
A title given to many compositions/ movements written during the romantic period, usually of a lyrical nature.
literally means “night piece”; a musical piece that is generally quiet and reflective in nature
A picture of a night scene.
An instrumental composition, originating from the Romantic period, usually meant to be performed in the evening. Nocturnes, generally, have more relaxed tempi and softer dynamics than other performance pieces. The best-known examples of these are by Chopin.
A night-piece; music that evokes a nocturnal mood.
"Night piece"; common in the nineteenth century, often for piano.
"Night piece"; title for romantic miniature compositions for piano, etc. Bottom
Name given for short pieces, usually for piano, meant to evoke the "feeling" of the night. Invented by Field, the form is most often associated with Chopin.