Biography
The inventor of the piano nocturne, Field spent most of his career in Russia where he was enormously successful as a teacher and performer. His 18 nocturnes established the template — singing right-hand melody over broken-chord left-hand accompaniment — that Chopin would develop into a vehicle of much greater expressive depth. His playing was renowned for its delicate, singing tone quality.
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Works (30)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major No. 1 Key E♭ major Difficulty
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat major
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat major No. 1 Key A♭ major Difficulty
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major No. 1 Key E♭ major Difficulty
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major No. 1 Key E♭ major Difficulty
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major, 'L'Incendie par l'Orage'
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major No. 1 Key C major Difficulty
Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major
- Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major No. 1 Key C major Difficulty
Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor
- Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor No. 1 Key C minor Difficulty
Piano Quintet in A-flat major
- Piano Quintet in A-flat major No. 1 Key A♭ major Difficulty
Piano Sonata No. 4 in B major
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in B major No. 1 Key B major Difficulty
The Eighteen Nocturnes
- Nocturne No. 1 in E-flat major No. 1 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 2 in C minor No. 2 Key C minor Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 3 in A-flat major No. 3 Key A♭ major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 4 in A major No. 4 Key A major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat major No. 5 Key B♭ major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 6 in F major No. 6 Key F major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 7 in C major No. 7 Key C major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 8 in A major No. 8 Key A major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 9 in E-flat major No. 9 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 10 in E minor No. 10 Key E minor Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 11 in E-flat major No. 11 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 12 in G major No. 12 Key G major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 13 in D minor No. 13 Key D minor Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 14 in C major No. 14 Key C major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 15 in C major No. 15 Key C major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 16 in F major No. 16 Key F major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 17 in E major No. 17 Key E major Difficulty
- Nocturne No. 18 in E major No. 18 Key E major Difficulty
Three Sonatas, Op. 1
- Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1 No. 1 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 1 No. 2 No. 2 Key A major Difficulty
- Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3 No. 3 Key C minor Difficulty