nocturne
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Just after sundown, the Marías’ enigmatic leading lady, María Zardoya, emerged to perform songs from her nocturne solo project, Not for Radio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
In “Nocturnes and the Fascination of Night Music,” Susan Tomes delves into the origins of the nocturne and the reasons for its lasting popularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
“Fall River Boiler,” a black-and-white image that he photographed in 1978 and printed a decade or so later, is a nocturne of texture and tone: feathery asbestos, gloppy encrustations, circular black holes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
For various reasons, I was expected to deliver a longish address at my high-school graduation, and after composing it—the easy part—I turned to a speech therapist and rehearsed as if it were a Chopin nocturne.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2017
She got my bathrobe for me, and then she dried my hair with those powerful fingers of hers as gently as she might coax a nocturne from our old piano.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
