John Field - Nocturne in E minor - John O’Conor

John Field (* 26. Juli 1782 in Dublin; † 23. Januar 1837 in Moscow) was an Irish composer, pianist and piano teacher. He is considered the inventor of the nocturne. Field is the first composer to write nocturnes, one-movement character pieces for piano characterized by a songlike calm melody (usually in the right hand) and a sweeping accompaniment of broken chords (usually in the left hand). These pieces had a significant influence on Frédéric Chopin, who himself composed 21 nocturnes and made the form famous. Field’s 18 nocturnes are among the earliest one-movement romantic character pieces for piano and can be seen as important precursors to many other works by romantic composers such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Edvard Grieg. A nocturne is a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. Here is John Field’s Nocturne . -1816. Played by John O’Conor. Author: John Field - 1817. Camera by Omri Ohana and Thomas Gellert. Video by Torsten Lang OMCLA/LAVA 2023. #classicalmusic #classicmusic #videosforclassic