notturno
[ nuh-toor-noh, noh-; Italian nawt-toor-naw ]
noun,plural not·tur·ni [nuh-toor-nee, noh-; Italian nawt-toor-nee]. /nəˈtʊər ni, noʊ-; Italian nɔtˈtʊər ni/. Music.
an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.
Origin of notturno
1<Italian: of the night <Latin nocturnus.See nocturn
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How to use notturno in a sentence
The next piece will be Chopin's notturno in E flat; for your touch has already gained in fulness, and is now unobjectionable.
Piano and Song | Friedrich Wiecknotturno for piano and violoncello, in D major (from Op. 8); pub.
Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) | Elliott GraemeThe Becco notturno, bleating lamentably, sank through the earth, leaving the rotten and stifling odour of sulphur.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci | Dmitry Sergeyevich MerezhkovskyIt is full of the grace of a notturno, of the secret grief of hopeless love.
Massimilla Doni | Honore de Balzac
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