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Samuel Barber Composer

Nocturne, Op.33 ('Hommage to John Field')

Performances: 8

Tracks: 8

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Nocturne, Op.33 ('Hommage to John Field')
Year: 1959
Genre: Nocturne
Pr. Instrument: Piano

Barber wrote his Nocturne in 1959. The piece is subtitled "Homage to John Field". It is a five-minute work, much in the mold of Chopin's. An arpeggiated accompaniment provides the harmonic background for a chromatic, ornamented melody that unequivocally sounds like 20th century. In the first half, the intensity builds up gradually until a climax is reached. A brief pause, and the music begins again in similar fashion, only that this time instead of building up intensity, it fades into nothingness.

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