Nocturne in A major, H 36 (Field, John)

Incipit	$\new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \key a \major \time 4/4 \tempo "Poco Adagio" \relative c'' { a4(_\p e8) r fis'4_\> e8\! r16 gis, \| b4 a8 r } } \new Staff { \key a \major \time 4/4 \clef bass \relative c { a8 e'[ cis' a] e, d''[ b gis'] \| fis,, d''[ cis fis] } } >>$
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	Poco Adagio
First Publication	1816-17 ca. – St. Petersburg: Charles Lissner (Plate 2605)
Genre Categories	Nocturnes; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr)

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
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Editor	Ernst Haberbier (1813–1869)
Publisher. Info.	Compositions choisies pour piano par John Field Hambourg: Aug. Cranz, n.d.(ca.1836). Plate 3085.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D2496/11
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Complete Score
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Editor	Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Publisher. Info.	8 Nocturnes, No.4 Leipzig: J. Schuberth & Co., n.d.[1859]. Plate 1362.
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Complete Score
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Editor	Franz Liszt (1811–1886) Karl Klauser (1823–1905), additional revisions and fingerings
Publisher. Info.	12 Nocturnes, No.4 Leipzig: J. Schuberth & Co., n.d.[1868]. Plate 1362.
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Complete Score
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Editor	Louis Köhler (1820–1886) Louis Winkler (1813–1886)
Publisher. Info.	17 Nocturnes, No.4 Braunschweig: Litolff, n.d.[1870]. Plate 2774.
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Complete Score (scan)
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Editor	Louis Köhler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info.	18 Nocturnes, No.4 (pp.13-17) Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1881). Plate 6515.
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Complete Score
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Editor	Hugo Riemann (1849–1919)
Publisher. Info.	17 Nocturnes und Cavatine Reviens, No.4 Leipzig: Steingräber, n.d.[1890]. Plate 398.
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Complete Score
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Editor	Victor Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907)
Publisher. Info.	17 Nocturnes, No.4 (pp.13-17) Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.[1901]. Plate U.E. 61.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Violin and Piano (Heermann)

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Violin Part
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Arranger	Hugo Heermann (1844–1935)
Publisher. Info.	Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1876]. Plate 11899.
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For Piano 4 hands (Liszt)

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Arranger	Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Editor	Louis Schubert (1828–1884)
Publisher. Info.	9 Nocturnes, No.4 (pp.14-17) Leipzig: Schuberth & Co., n.d.(ca.1863). Plate 3930.
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General Information

Work Title	Nocturne in A major
Alternative. Title	Nocturne No.4
Composer	Field, John
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	H 36
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJF 25
Key	A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	Poco Adagio
First Publication.	1816-17 ca. – St. Petersburg: Charles Lissner (Plate 2605)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	piano
Extra Information	Hopkinson notes that the first edition from Lissner might have been a Breitkopf und Härtel edition that was printed for Lissner.

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Nocturnes by John Field
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