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Fêtes ("Festivals") III. Sirènes ("Sirens") Nocturnes, L 98 (also known as Trois Nocturnes or Three Nocturnes) is an Impressionist orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy, who wrote it between 1892 and 1899. It is based on poems from Poèmes anciens et romanesques (Henri de Régnier, 1890).
Nocturnes (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin wrote 21 nocturnes for solo piano between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the finest short solo works for the instrument and hold an important place in contemporary concert repertoire. [1] Although Chopin did not invent the nocturne, he popularized and expanded on it, building on the form ...
Nocturne is a live double album and video by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 25 November 1983 by Polydor Records. Co-produced by Mike Hedges , Nocturne features performances recorded at two shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on 30 September and 1 October 1983, featuring Robert Smith (of the Cure ) on guitar.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, 1874 [1][2] The depiction of night in paintings is common in Western art. Paintings that feature a night scene as the theme may be religious or history paintings, genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, or other subject types. Some artworks involve religious or ...
Nocturne. (2012) Empty Estate. (2013) Cover variations. The vinyl edition's six interchangeable inserts. Nocturne is the second studio album by American indie rock band Wild Nothing, released on August 28, 2012, by Captured Tracks. [1]
History. The term nocturne (from French nocturne "of the night") [1] was first applied to musical pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements, normally played for an evening party and then laid aside. Sometimes it carried the Italian equivalent, notturno, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Notturno in D ...
Denver Oldham (September 15, 1936 – May 6, 2012) [1] was an American concert pianist and recording artist. A Steinway Artist, [2] he had to his credit twelve European concert tours, two South American concert tours, as well as numerous domestic performances. He recorded ten albums, paying special attention to the works of neglected American ...
Satie, c. 1919. The Nocturnes are a set of five piano pieces (initially planned as a set of seven, but left unfinished) [ a] by Erik Satie. They were written between August and November 1919. With the exception of the Premier Menuet (1920), they were his final works for solo piano, and are considered among his most significant achievements in ...