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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, 1874 [1][2] The depiction of night in paintings is common in Western art. Paintings that feature a night scene as the theme may be religious or history paintings, genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, or other subject types. Some artworks involve religious or ...
Nocturnes, Op. 27 (Chopin) Manuscript to Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2. The Nocturnes, Op. 27 are a set of two nocturnes for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin. The pieces were composed in 1836 [ 1 ] and published in 1837. Both nocturnes in this opus are dedicated to Countess d'Appony.
Cover page of Chopin's Nocturnes Op. 48. Frédéric Chopin wrote 21 nocturnes for solo piano between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the finest short solo works for the instrument and hold an important place in contemporary concert repertoire. [ 1 ] Although Chopin did not invent the nocturne, he popularized and expanded on ...
The opening bars and main theme of No. 1. The Nocturnes, Op. 9 are a set of three nocturnes for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1831 and 1832, published in 1832, and dedicated to Madame Marie Pleyel. These were Chopin's first published set of nocturnes. The second nocturne of the work is often regarded as Chopin's most famous ...
The Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 No. 1, WN 23, was composed by Frédéric Chopin for solo piano in 1826. [1] It was Chopin's first composed nocturne, although it was the nineteenth to be published, in 1855, along with two other early works: a funeral march in C minor and three écossaises. The composition features an unbroken line of ...
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art.
Pearl Gildersleeve Curran (Denver, Colorado, June 25, 1875 – New Rochelle, New York, April 16, 1941) was an American librettist and composer of art songs and works for chorus. Biography [ edit ] Pearl was born in Denver to J. H. and Elizabeth Tipton Heats Gildersleeve.
Sirènes (" Sirens ") Scoring. Orchestra. women's chorus. Nocturnes, L 98 (also known as Trois Nocturnes or Three Nocturnes) is an Impressionist orchestral composition in three movements by the French composer Claude Debussy, who wrote it between 1892 and 1899. It is based on poems from Poèmes anciens et romanesques (Henri de Régnier, 1890).