The nocturne instilled a mood of quiet thoughtfulness among the observers. From LearnThat.org.
A nocturne is a piece of music inspired by, or evocative of, the night. From Wordnik.com. [Nocturnes: Summary and book reviews of Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro.] Reference
The picture called the nocturne in blue and silver, was now produced in Court. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Making Enemies] Reference
The question is whether either is a nocturne, which is to say a picture whose subject is the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The lovely "nocturne" of the evening plain had passed into a Vision or Masque of Force that captured the mind. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage à la mode] Reference
The name "nocturne" was not original with Chopin -- the Dublin pianist, John Field, having published his first nocturnes in 1816. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
I absolutly love nocturne, and I would love to go see them. From Wordnik.com. [i have the motivation and now i need an alibi (Music (For Robots))] Reference
I was doing a typical nocturne photo jaunt when I found it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
There's a sound of lamentation 'mid the murmuring nocturne noises. From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
A nocturne of the settling ponds next to my house in Sierra Madre. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
I played a nocturne by Chopin I had been practicing with Mr. Wittleman. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight Whispers] Reference
For years I've thought about painting a nocturne of my Neighbors porch. From Wordnik.com. [3am & Dead bird] Reference
Compare, for example, the effect of a Whistler nocturne with a Monet landscape. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
Evening, nocturne, and dusk each signals the coming of night which is at the end of day. From Wordnik.com. [Personifying the Visual Differences Between Sunrise and Sunset] Reference
Maybe he wanted them to suspect Les and that's what this little nocturne was playing up to. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lure]
We picked sketch #2 Décollage nocturne from yesterday, mainly for the light, color, and mood. From Wordnik.com. [Utopiales Poster, Part 2] Reference
He had the grace of a pianist playing a Chopin nocturne; after all, the kitchen was his domain. From Wordnik.com. [One Flight Up] Reference
This nocturne of old Cincinatti by contemporary artist John Stobart has a distinctly bluish cast. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Chopin's one-off Prelude in C sharp minor, more a nocturne than prelude, preceded the B minor sonata. From Wordnik.com. [Mitsuko Uchida] Reference
Spock rested in the amber glow of an incense lamp, with an eerie Vulcan wind-chime nocturne playing softly. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Man]
A chopin nocturne behind us and eyes from him that seemed sad, that seemed resigned to lessons that would never be enough. From Wordnik.com. [i-claudius Diary Entry] Reference
No nocturne or ballade of Chopin can be seen as a cry to rally round the banner of that composer's virulent anti-semitism. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking of new music...] Reference
Keys and strings and vibrations of the air are but stimuli for the auditory experience which is the real nocturne or etude. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
According to eyewitness reports, she was playing Chopin's fifth nocturne in a piano recital at the middle school auditorium. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
Who hasn't been inspired by the beautiful piano nocturne, guitar riff, poetic stanza, or enigmatic painting enough to mimic it. From Wordnik.com. [G. Roger Denson: The Dark Side of Beauty] Reference
To have played a Chopin nocturne for her, in the very room where it was written, was one of my life's most unforgettable moments. From Wordnik.com. [Chopin's 'Soul and Heart'] Reference
Cellist Mark Evans lent a brooding languor to the solos of the nocturne, which has suffered from a surplus of modern arrangements. From Wordnik.com. [In performance: Fessenden Ensemble] Reference
When the nocturne came to an end, and the applause which greeted it broke out, Lady Luce, still clapping her hands, rose and went toward. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
He tumbled into the dark water and immediately the infrared sights in the mask cut in, lighting his way into an eerie undersea nocturne. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the World to Come]
I find there is a song to suit just about every moody wail; a sonata, a concerto, a symphony or a nocturne to go with every sad emission. From Wordnik.com. [Hey There, Hi There, Ho There, Mickey] Reference
But civilization trails him everywhere -- to his disgust, he cannot get a Chopin nocturne out of his head as he wanders through the jungle. From Wordnik.com. [Five Best] Reference
Irish composer/pianist/nocturne inventor John Field, 1782. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Takeover] Reference
While at The Village Voice, J. Hoberman credits Losey's "sordid nocturne" as "the creepiest of film noirs.". From Wordnik.com. [Twitch] Reference
His extended, opening solo made a jazz nocturne of the tune, thanks to his melting tone and vocal-like phrasing. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
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