nocturne

Noun

Meaning

A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

notturno etude adagio production song opus serenade divertimento composition arrangement adaptation calm nightly aleatory sonatina
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Antonyms

day sun wild violent biography angry
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Hypernyms

opus piece composition musical composition piece of music

Related terms

diurnal crepuscular nocturnal nocturnist

Phrases with the word

this nocturne

Anagrams

Curenton

Examples

Shropshire Star Newport Nocturne Bike race 2006 The area also has a rich motorsports heritage, with the Loton Park Hillclimb and Hawkstone Park Motocross Circuit situated near Shrewsbury. Source: Internet

Child vampire Oliver Nocturne learns about his destiny after a human girl accidently takes a picture of him. Source: Internet

Manhattan Night (Manhattan Nocturne) The thrilling twists and turns of Harrison's plot are here, but DeCubellis's hazy pacing drains the film of the book's zest. Source: Internet

In “Nocturne,” “when the children / have gone to bed,” his wife sits at the piano and plays Satie, “the melody / a serene flowering / so quietly intense, / so lucidly palpable / the children in their beds / hold their breath.” Source: Internet

Technique and performance style Extract from Chopin Nocturne Op. 62 no. 1 (1846, composer's manuscript) The same passage (1881 Schirmer edition). Source: Internet

One of the biggest one-day events in Shropshire and the biggest one-day cycle race in the UK is the Shropshire Star Newport Nocturne ; held every four years, it is Britain's only floodlit cycle race. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nocturnalist nocturnality nocturnally nocturnelike nocturnin nocturnist