Nocturnes (Field)

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Irish composer John Field was the first composer to use the term 'Nocturne' in the Romantic sense, to apply to a character piece featuring a cantabile melody over an arpeggiated accompaniment. He has been widely credited as the inventor of the genre.

## List of works

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There is no congruent historic numbering for the nocturnes. This list is arranged according to Hopkinson numbers, introduced in the 1961 catalogue by Cecil Hopkinson.

* H 24 - Nocturne for piano No. 1 in E-flat major - 1812
* H 25 - Nocturne for piano No. 2 in C minor - 1812
* H 26 - Nocturne for piano No. 3 in A-flat major - 1812
* H 36 - Nocturne for piano No. 4 in A major - 1817
* H 37 - Nocturne for piano No. 5 in B-flat major - 1817
* H 40 - Nocturne for piano No. 6 "Cradle Song" in F major - 1817
* H 45 - Nocturne for piano No. 7 "Reverie" in C major - 1821
* H 46 - Nocturne for piano No. 8 in E minor - 1821
* H 14E - Nocturne for piano No. 9 "Pastorale" in A major
* H 30A - Nocturne for piano No. 10 "Romance" in E-flat major - 1816
* 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 major - 1836
* H 54 - Nocturne for piano [No. 17] "Grande Pastorale" in E major - (two different versions)
* H 13K - Nocturne for piano [No. 18] "Noontide" in E major

Additional nocturnes:

* H 55 - Nocturne for piano "The Troubadour" in C major
* H 63 - Nocturne for piano in B-flat major - op. posth.
* H 66 - Nocturne "Dernière pensèe"

## Sources

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* Cecil Hopkinson, 'A Bibliographical Thematic Catalogue of the Works of John Field, 1782-1837' (London, 1961)

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