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JOHN FIELD

26thJuly 1782 --- 11thJanuary 1837

John Field was a Irish musical composer and pianist, was born at Dublin on July 26, 1782, and died in 1837. He came of a
musical family,  his father being a violinist,  and his  grandfather  the organist in one of the  churches of Dublin.  From the
latter the boy received his first musical education. When a few years later the family settled in London,  Field became the
favourite pupil of Clementi, whom he accompanied to Paris for the purpose of showing off the Clementi pianos,  and later
in 1802, on his great concert tour throughout France, Germany and Russia.  Field appeared in  pubic in most of  the great
European capitals, and remained in St. Petersburg as a teacher of music when Clementi returned to England.

His marriage with a French  lady of the name of Charpentier  was anything but happy, and had soon to be dissolved.  Field
made frequent concert tours to the chief cities of Russia, and m 1820 settled permanently in Moscow. In 1831 he came to
England for a short time, and for the next four years led a wandering life in France, Germany and Italy.

In Naples he fell seriously ill,  and lay several months in the hospital, till a Russian family discovered him and brought him
back to Moscow.  There he died on Jan.11, 1837. Field's  seven concertos for the pianoforte  are now forgotten,  so are his
quartets for strings and pianoforte but some of his "nocturnes" for the pianoforte a form of music highly developed, if not
actually created by him, still live because of their continuous flow of beautiful melody.

They were indeed Chopin's models. Field's execution on the pianoforte was nearly allied to the nature of bis compositions
Moscheles who heard Field in 1831 speaks of his enchanting legato, his tenderness and elegance and his beautiful touch.
An admirable  essay by  Liszt on  Field is prefixed  to a volume of  Liszt nocturnes  published  by Schuberth & Co in  1837.

© From "Encyclopaedia Britannica 1953"

Last Updated on 2023
By Steven Ritchie

And now for the Music

(2089)"Nocturne". Sequenced by Reginald Steven Ritchie

Thanks to Lee Dawson for the music below, Email(ldawson @ steward net com)

New (3948)"Nocturne No. 13 in C". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

New (3951)"Nocturne No. 12 in E Noontide". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

New (3950)"Nocturne No. 11 in Eb". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

New (3949)"Nocturne No. 10 in E, Pastorale". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

New (3948)"Nocturne No. 9 in E min". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(3711)"Nocturne No. 8 in Eb". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(3710)"Nocturne No.7 in A". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(3709)"Nocturne No. 6 in F, Cradle Song". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(3390)"Nocturne No. 5 in B flat". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(3391)"Nocturne No. 4 in A". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(3392)"Nocturne No. 3 in A". Sequenced by Lee Dawson.

(2088)"Nocturne No.2". Sequenced by Malcolm Dale

(2087)"Nocturne No.1 in E flat Major". Sequenced by Gabriele Giulimondi

Thanks to Emily for the music below, Email (HappyMusician@opendiary.com)

(2621)"Nocturne". Sequenced by Emily Gray

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