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Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne no. 6 in D flat major op. 63

Setting: Piano
Period: Romantic
Length: 24 pages
Weight: 0.113 kg
Published: 2017
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1081
Other reference: HN 1081
ISMN: 9790201810812
Fauré’s 13 Nocturnes form the most significant group of piano character pieces in his oeuvre. Despite their title ╩ which places them in the tradition of John Field and Frédéric Chopin ╩ Fauré here develops a genre all of his own. These are no dreamy scenes of the night, but carefully structured, iridescent pieces that alternate between lyrical elegance and passionate drama. Fauré composed the 6th Nocturne in 1894, while spending the summer at the house of his parents-in-law. With its strong con
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