ARGONAUT BOOKS

"An enchanting, original voyage through musical history via the nocturne; miniature in form, but presaging two centuries of art and thought about night, sleep and dreams. Ingenious, and engaging."-Dame Judith Weir, former Master of the King's Music"'Nocturnes are like the prefiguring of a dream . . . we feel we are in an enchanted place'-so says the author, magically leading us there in this wonderfully illuminating survey."-Sir John Rutter, composer and conductor"From John Field's curtain-free windows in the St Petersburg twilight to Lowell Liebermann's urban dreams in contemporary America, S...Read More