Noun
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 dictionaryShropshire 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