Nocturnes (Field)
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Irish composer John Field's Nocturnes for piano are known for being the first nocturnes ever written.
List of works[]
There is no congruent historic numbering for the nocturnes. This list is arranged according to Hopkinson numbers, introduced in the 1961 catalogue by .
- 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"
See also[]
Sources[]
- Cecil Hopkinson, 'A Bibliographical Thematic Catalogue of the Works of John Field, 1782–1837' (London, 1961)
Categories:
- Compositions by John Field
- Classical music in Ireland
- Compositions for solo piano
- Nocturnes
- Classical composition stubs