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Webster 1913 Edition
Nocturne
Noc-turne′
,Noun.
[F. See
Nocturn
.] (Mus.)
A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn’s “Midsummer-Night's Dream” music.