John Field was an Irish pianist and composer. He is widely credited as the inventor of the nocturne. While many of his contemporaries wrote in a similar style, Field was the first to use the term to a
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Engraving by Anton Wachsmann [de], c. 1820
A plaque commemorating Field in Golden Lane, Dublin