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Sep 06, 2005 17:16

Well its done, The name Nocturne is staying.... Fits really. Nocturne doesnt mean evil or anything, this i know. It means this according to Wikipedia....

A nocturne (from the French for "nocturnal") is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night.

The name nocturne was first applied to pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements. Sometimes it carried the Italian language equivalent of nocturne, notturno, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Serenata Notturna being one example. At this time, the piece was not necessarily evocative of the night, but might merely be intended for performance at night, much like a serenade.

In its more familiar form as a single-movement character piece usually written for solo piano, the nocturne was cultivated primarily in the 19th century. The first nocturnes to be written as such were by the Irish composer John Field, generally viewed as the father of the modern nocturne. However, the most famous exponent of the form was Frederic Chopin, who wrote 21 of them. Later composers to write nocturnes for the piano include Gabriel Fauré and Erik Satie (1919). One of the most famous pieces of 19th century salon music was the "5th Nocturne" by Ignace Leybach, who is now otherwise forgotten.

Other examples of nocturnes include the one for orchestra from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1848), the set of three for orchestra and female choir by Claude Debussy (who also wrote one for solo piano) and the first movement of the Violin Concerto No. 1 (1948) by Dmitri Shostakovich.

The first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata has also been considered a nocturne (certainly, Ludwig Rellstab, who gave the piece its nickname, thought it evocative of the night), although Beethoven did not describe it as one.

Nocturnes are generally thought of as being tranquil, often expressive and lyrical, and sometimes rather gloomy, but in practice pieces with the name nocturne have conveyed a variety of moods: the second of Debussy's orchestral Nocturnes, "Fêtes", for example, is very lively.

I could have cut that down.... but meh. Anyways, everyday stuped people say really .. stuped things to me. Oddly enuf i work far from customers... no dumb questions like... Does this 56" Big Screen cook burritos faster than the 52" or not? Actually thats a joke between me and Athos and Skidd... But people are really stuped.... Think people, dont just hey does this have digital picture or is it not analog? Im teh We tard did... anyways im gonna bounce.
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