J. Field: Favorite Nocturnes & Other Works for Piano
Composed by John Field
Edited by Joseph Smith
An important early Romantic composer for piano, John Field (1782-1837) is best known today for his Nocturnes, brief, lyrical solo piano pieces that exerted a lasting influence on such later composers as Chopin and Schumann. This collection brings together the most popular and often performed of the Nocturnes, along with a selection of Field's important solo piano works. This Dover original compilation was reprinted from authoritative early editions.
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0-486-44159-8
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0.20 kilograms
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Johannes Brahms’ summer sojourn in 1893 in Bad Ischl was productive. Alongside the pieces op. 118, he also wrote his last cycle of piano pieces, opus 119. The composer wrote to Clara Schumann of the opening work, saying that it was teeming with dissonances and that: “every measure and every note must sound like a ritardando, as if one wanted to suck the melancholy out of each single one, with lust and pleasure out of the aforementioned dissonances!
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Edited by Maurice Hinson
Series: Alfred Masterwork Edition
Category: Piano Collection
Format: Book
Instrument: Piano
Level: Intermediate