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Nocturne
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nocturne'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/nocturne.html. 1828.