Nocturne

The nocturne is a musical form that originated in the Baroque period and is not fixed in its instrumentation and movement structure. In this period, the term nocturne overlaps with the serenade. Nocturnes established themselves as entertainment music for royal houses and were primarily instrumental, but could also contain vocal elements.
In today’s perception, however, the nocturne is primarily associated with character pieces for piano written in the Romantic period, of which the Irish composer John Field is regarded as the inventor.

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