Nocturnes (Field)

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 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"
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See also

Sources
  • Cecil Hopkinson, 'A Bibliographical Thematic Catalogue of the Works of John Field, 1782–1837' (London, 1961)


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