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A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
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nocturne
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 A work of art relating or dedicated to the night. 2 A dreamlike or pensive composition (usually for the piano).
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Nocturne is an album by American saxophonist Oliver Nelson and vibraphonist Lem Winchester. It was originally released in 1961 on Prestige Records, as part of the "Moodsville Series". As the title implies , Nocturne is a collection of mellow songs with ...
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n. a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nocturne \Noc*turne"\, n. [F. See Nocturn .] (Mus.) 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'' ...
Usage examples of nocturne.
Nocturne of the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, the Gavotte of the Yellow Ladies, the Gigue of the Mill, the Prelude of the Drops of Water, and so on.
One was a scene of the Embankment at night, the other a nocturne, Tower Bridge by moonlight, a barquentine drifting downriver.
And he told me of a conversation he overheard between the leaders of the Strychnos and Nocturne guilds.
He was not allowed to leave the halls, but dwelt in a monastic nocturne, not knowing whether Freyr and Batalix swam separately or together in the sky.
Translated into sheet music, a portion of mouse ribonucleic acid sounds like a lively waltz, very similar to Chopin's Nocturne, Opus 55, No.
The irate man with the briefcase followed unobtrusively, although he seemed more interested in what was going to become of Sally Ryan than he was in what might have happened to Nicholas Nocturne.