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Look up: nocturne

  1. nocturne
    [n] - a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Nocturne
    Night - usually solemn / contemplative pieces.
    Found on http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundex

  3. Nocturne
    Noc·turne' noun [ French 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/26

  4. nocturne
    notturno noun a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Nocturne
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. nocturne
    (French: `Nocturnal`), in music, a composition inspired by, or evocative of, the night, and cultivated in the 19th century primarily as a character ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/47

  7. Nocturne
    In music a nocturne is 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.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. nocturne
    nocturne (nok'tûrn) [Fr.,=night piece], in music, romantic instrumental piece, free in form and usually reflective or languid in character. John Field wrote the first nocturnes, influencing Chopin in the writing of his 19 nocturnes for piano. Others who have written nocturnes include Gabrie...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08357

  9. Nocturne
    Nocturne is a crime drama starring George Raft investigating the murder of a womanising Hollywood composer. Nocturne was directed by Edwin L Marin in 1946.
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  10. nocturne
    In music, a reflective character piece, often for piano, introduced by John Field (1782–1837) and adopted by Frédéric Chopin
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  11. Nocturne
    A `nocturne` (from the work=Merriam-Webster|Merriam-webster.com-->-->) is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. Historically, nocturne is a very old term applied to night Offices and, since the Middle Ages, to divisions in the canonical hour of Matins. The na...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne

  12. Nocturne
    (video game) `Nocturne` is a video game released for Microsoft Windows by Terminal Reality in 1999. It is a survival horror game set in the late 1920s and early 1930s â€“ the Prohibition and Great Depression era. The player takes the part of The Stranger (voiced by Lynn M...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne

  13. Nocturne
    (comics) image= <li>Body possession <li>Ability to project "Hex Bolts", <li>Prehensile tail, <li>Superhuman agility, <li>Latent Telepathy --> `Nocturne` is a code name used by four separate fictional characters in the Marvel Comics Universe. This article deals with `T...
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  14. Nocturne
    (film) `Nocturne` (1946) is a black-and-white film noir starring George Raft and Lynn Bari. The film was produced by longtime Alfred Hitchcock associate Joan Harrison, scripted by Jonathan Latimer, and directed by Edwin L. Marin..--> Plot: A Hollywood film composer is found dead. The p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne

  15. Nocturne
    (disambiguation) A `nocturne` is a musical composition inspired by, or evocative of, night. `Nocturne` can also refer to: `Art` `Music` `Film` `Video games` `Other entertainment` See also:
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  16. Nocturne
    (Secret Garden song) "`Nocturne`" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Norwegian by Secret Garden representing Norway. It was the second time Norway won the contest, after it had won in 1985 with Bobbysocks! song "La det swinge". For their...
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  17. Nocturne
    (band) `Nocturne` is an industrial rock band that was formed in 1999 in Dallas, Texas. The band is formed of two core members, Lacey Conner and Chris Telkes, and several touring musicians, usually Ben Graves of the Murderdolls and "Rotten" Rotny also guitar player of the industrial/...
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  18. Nocturne
    (audio drama) `Nocturne` is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Plot: The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex arrive on a human colony world beloved by the Doctor for its art and music. Cast: External links:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne

  19. Nocturne
    (Angela Cairn) image= --> `Angela Cairn` is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe primarily associated with Spider-Man comics. Fictional character biography: Cairn was first introduced as a New York City police officer. Later she was transformed by a mutate of Baron Helmut Zemo ...
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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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