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Meanings of nocturne in English
Usage of nocturne in English
1
Mr. Whistler confines himself to two small canvases of the nocturne kind.
2
It is a nice nocturne, neat in its sorrow, yet not epoch-making.
3
It was a nocturne with a recurring musical phrase running through it.
4
The posthumous nocturne in E minor, composed in 1827, is weak and uninteresting.
5
The recently discovered nocturne in C sharp minor is hardly a treasure trove.
6
Willeby finds a resemblance to the theme of the first nocturne.
7
The ineluctable fact remains that this is the noblest nocturne of them all.
8
The Barcarolle is a nocturne painted on a large canvas, with larger brushes.
9
He hears the Chopin nocturne through the walls, and it sounds almost ethereal.
10
Compare, for example, the effect of a Whistler nocturne with a Monet landscape.
11
Madame so-and-so said: Please, play this pretty nocturne dedicated to Mdlle.
12
A luscious touch, and a sympathetic soul is needed for this nocturne study.
13
Bovyne, solemnly, You are right, it is a nocturne and a wonderful one.
14
From valse to nocturne, from sonata to prelude, her fancy ran.
15
His choice was three manuscripts of Chopin's, one of them being this nocturne.
16
The picture called the nocturne in blue and silver, was now produced in Court.
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