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

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

  • Cecil Hopkinson, 'A Bibliographical Thematic Catalogue of the Works of John Field, 17821837' (London, 1961)


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