John Field (composer)

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John Field was an Irish composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, best known for pioneering the nocturne as a musical genre.

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instanceOf Irish person
composer
human
pianist
composed Nocturne No. 1 in E-flat major
Nocturne No. 10 in E minor
Nocturne No. 11 in E-flat major
Nocturne No. 12 in E major
Nocturne No. 13 in D minor
Nocturne No. 14 in C major
Nocturne No. 15 in C major
Nocturne No. 16 in E major
Nocturne No. 17 in E major
Nocturne No. 18 in E major
Nocturne No. 19 in E-flat major
Nocturne No. 2 in C minor
Nocturne No. 20 in C major
Nocturne No. 3 in A-flat major
Nocturne No. 4 in A major
Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat major
Nocturne No. 6 in F major
Nocturne No. 7 in C major
Nocturne No. 8 in A major
Nocturne No. 9 in E-flat major
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat major
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
dateOfBirth 1782-07-26
dateOfDeath 1837-01-23
educatedAt Clementi & Co.
surface form: Clementi’s music school
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName Field
fieldOfWork music composition
piano performance
genre nocturne
piano music
givenName John
hasHeritage Irish musical tradition
influenced Franz Liszt
Frédéric Chopin
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
instrument piano
movement Classical music
Romantic music
nativeLanguage English
notableFor pioneering the nocturne as a musical genre
notableWork Nocturnes
occupation composer
pianist
placeOfBirth Dublin
placeOfDeath Moscow
residence Dublin
London, England
surface form: London

Moscow
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Muzio Clementi
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Moscow
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg

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Field hasNotableBearer John Field (composer)
Muzio Clementi influenced John Field (composer)
this entity surface form: John Field