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nocturne: synonyms: notturno ???

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1. a painting of a night scene (coined by Whistler)
2. a slow, pensive piano piece

^{Image: Rembrandt's The Night Watch}
^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch}
^{sound file: Chopin Nocturne Op.27 No.1, public domain}
^{https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Chopin_Nocturne_Op.27_No.1.oga}

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please play my favorite nocturne by Field,

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 07 (Book Seven)

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Unfortunately this revival of the Nocturnes had not yet been announced by the critics.

Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 4]

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Babet said: "Claquesous is a nocturne for two voices." Claquesous was vague, terrible, and a roamer.

Victor Hugo. Les Misérables

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