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NOCTURNE

[noun]

1. Visual Arts: a piece appropriate to the night or evening; a picture of the night scene.

2. Music: an instrumental composition of a dreamy or pensive character.

3. Music: a short composition of a romantic nature, typically for piano.

Etymology: from late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus, “of the night”, from nox, noct-, “night”.

[Loish - Nocturne]