The Art of the Nocturne in the 19th Century: Chopin & Field and contemporaries

The Nocturne is a romantic piano piece in which a nocturnal, romantic atmosphere is expressed, where perfumed melodies float serenely over a calmly murmuring where credit is due: the inventor of the genre is the Irish composer John Field, who made fame as a pianist of his own works. It needed the genius of Chopin to perfect the genre to the highest artistic level: Chopin’s Nocturnes are the archetypes of romantic piano music, and count among his best loved works. Among the contempora