The second movement of Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite is one of these pieces, as is the Elgar-inspired first movement of Shostakovich's first violin concerto.
The second movement of Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite is one of these pieces, as is the Elgar-inspired first movement of Shostakovich's first violin concerto. It's not a serenade, but Benjamin Britten dedicated a song cycle for tenor, seven instruments, and strings named for this genre to Alma Mahler. Another composition of this type for wordless female choir and orchestra, whose movements are titled (*) "Clouds", "Festivals", and "Sirens" and were inspired by Whistler paintings, was composed by Claude Debussy. Piano pieces of this type were first composed by John Field, whose work inspired a set of 21 of these pieces composed by Frederic Chopin. For 10 points, name this type of musical composition that depicts nighttime.
The second movement of Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite is one of these pieces, as is the Elgar-inspired first movement of Shostakovich's first violin concerto.
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