nocturne
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
an instrumental composition of a dreamy or pensive character.
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How to use nocturne in a sentence
The lovely "nocturne" of the evening plain had passed into a Vision or Masque of Force that captured the mind.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardAzalea stopped singing, but played on in dreamy mood a low, sad nocturne.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh MillerEmmie sang two more songs, Julia laughing and coquetting with Ethan over prelude and interlude; and then Julia played a nocturne.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsHow can one teach the interpretation of a Chopin nocturne, for instance, by merely talking about it.
Piano Mastery | Harriette BrowerThe unique character of nocturne makes it very hard to write about Swinnerton.
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin Overton
British Dictionary definitions for nocturne
/ (ˈnɒktɜːn) /
a short, lyrical piece of music, esp one for the piano
a painting or tone poem of a night scene
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