notturno

American  

[nuh-toor-noh, noh-, nawt-toor-naw] / nəˈtʊər noʊ, noʊ-, nɔtˈtʊər nɔ /

noun

Music.

plural

notturni

1. an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.

2. nocturne.

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Etymology

Origin of notturno

< Italian: of the night < Latin nocturnus. See nocturn

Example Sentences

Desire for the night, which is what notturno means—of night—and desire for some sort of melancholy grandeur—”

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2022

Stephen Hough Barbican, London 12 OctoberBox office: 020-7638 8891 More details By way of context for his own sonata, subtitled notturno luminoso, Hough opened with a pair of Chopin Nocturnes, Op 27, Nos 1 & 2.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2012

Since Borodin's poignant and stately notturno was still playing in his mind, and since he did not wish to repeat the farewell ceremony, he stood by the car while the chauffeur fiddled with the engine.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2010

It is full of the grace of a notturno, of the secret grief of hopeless love.

From Massimilla Doni by Balzac, Honoré de

A knock at the door broke the notturno appassionato.

From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington