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The composer Friedrich Kalkbrenner, one of Chopin's early influences, once inquired as to whether Chopin was a student of Field. [8] While Chopin held Field in high respect and considered him one of his primary influences, Field had a rather negative view of Chopin's work. Upon meeting Chopin and hearing his nocturnes in 1832, Field is said to ...
John Field (26 July 1782, Dublin – 23 January 1837, Moscow) was an Irish pianist, composer and teacher [1] widely credited as the creator of the nocturne. While other composers were writing in a similar style at this time, Field was the first to use the term 'Nocturne' specifically to apply to a character piece featuring a cantabile melody ...
[4] O'Rourke has increased the availability of John Field's works considerably through his recordings of all the piano concerti, sonatas, and nocturnes. [citation needed] In 1994, O'Rourke was awarded the Chopin Medal by the Fryderyk Chopin Society of Warsaw in recognition of his "outstanding Chopin playing". [6]
To some, these nocturnes are not as impressive as their predecessors, the Nocturnes, Op. 27. [2] While each piece "exemplifies one of the composer's various approaches to nocturne form," Blair Johnson felt that, in the piece, the "moments of originality and power stick out in a way that they couldn't have, had the entirety of the pieces been sewn of finer silk."
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2. The second nocturne in E ♭ major features a 12 8 time signature, triplet quavers in the bass, and a lento sostenuto tempo marking. The left-hand features sweeping legato arpeggios from the bass to the tenor, while the right-hand often plays a contrapuntal duet and a soaring single melody.
Frédéric François Chopin [n 1] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; [n 2] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique ...
Opening bars from Op. 48 No. 1. The Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 is initially marked lento and is in 4 4 meter. In general, the scheme of the music is ternary form and follows the structure A–B–A′. [3] The piece becomes poco più lento at measure 25 and enters its middle section, which is a chorale in C major.
H 56 – Nocturne for piano No. 11 in E-flat major – 1832; H 58D – Nocturne for piano No. 12 in G major – 1822; H 59 – Nocturne for piano No. 13 "Song without Words" in D minor – 1834; H 60 – Nocturne for piano No. 14 in C major – 1835; H 61 – Nocturne for piano No. 15 in C major – 1836; H 62 – Nocturne for piano No. 16 in F ...