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noun Music.
1.
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
2.
an instrumental composition of a dreamy or pensive character.
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Nocturne
is always a great word to know.
So is coda. Does it mean:
| passage at the end of a composition used to bring it to a satisfactory close |
| sequence of notes or chords indicating completion of a composition, section, phrase |
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Word Origin & History
nocturne
1862, "composition of a dreamy character," from Fr. nocturne, lit. "composition appropriate to the night," noun use of O.Fr. nocturne "nocturnal," from L. nocturnus (see nocturnal). Said to have been coined c.1814 by John Field, who wrote many of them, in a style that
EXPAND Chopin mastered in his own works, which popularized the term.
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