Irish composer John Field was an influential pianist and composer in early 19th century Romanticism, particularly because of his set of 18 Nocturnes, which affected the keyboard music of Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, and most importantly, Frédéric Chopin, who came to compose the most famous nocturnes. Field was credited with inventing the form, though its antecedents can be found in some slow sonata movements of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as in the flowing, ...
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Irish composer John Field was an influential pianist and composer in early 19th century Romanticism, particularly because of his set of 18 Nocturnes, which affected the keyboard music of Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, and most importantly, Frédéric Chopin, who came to compose the most famous nocturnes. Field was credited with inventing the form, though its antecedents can be found in some slow sonata movements of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as in the flowing, freely ornamented lines of bel canto arias. Field gave the nocturne its calm and dreamy character, almost always employing freely contoured melodies in the right hand over arpeggiated chords in the left. Elizabeth Joy Roe has recorded Field's complete nocturnes for Decca, and her performances capture the rapt expressions and flowing grace of Field's style, with a judicious use of rubato and gentle gradations of dynamics. Because these pieces are all of a type and strongly...
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John Field. Poor. Used-Acceptable, withdrawn library disc(s) with liner notes. Disc(s) should play great without any playback issues. Disc(s) & liner notes may contain typical library markings like stickers, protective label covers, & writing. Discs may be repackaged in library style casing. Back artwork & any other promo material not included.
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