nocturne

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In “Nocturnes and the Fascination of Night Music,” Susan Tomes delves into the origins of the nocturne and the reasons for its lasting popularity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The experience is no less expansive than seeing the ocean or hearing a Chopin nocturne for the first time.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022

For various reasons, I was expected to deliver a longish address at my high-school graduation, and after composing it—the easy part—I turned to a speech therapist and rehearsed as if it were a Chopin nocturne.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2017

“And then something will surface. I just wrote my first real classical piece, a nocturne for piano and orchestra. I hope I get it played here sometime.”

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

She got my bathrobe for me, and then she dried my hair with those powerful fingers of hers as gently as she might coax a nocturne from our old piano.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson