John Field

John Field 1782-1837, Irish composer and pianist. In London he studied with Clementi , with whom he later toured Europe. In 1804 he settled in Russia. Field was a successful pianist and his style of composition was influential. Chopin 's nocturnes were modeled after those of Field.

Bibliography: See study by P. Piggott (1973).

Field, John (1782–1837). Field was a piano virtuoso and composer, whose delicate and sentimental nocturnes had considerable influence on Chopin, Mendelssohn, and others. Born in Dublin of a musical family, he was taken to St Petersburg by Clementi, and spent most of his life in Russia.

Field, John (1782–1837). Field was a piano virtuoso and composer, whose delicate and sentimental nocturnes had considerable influence on Chopin, Mendelssohn, and others. Born in Dublin of a musical family, he made his first public appearance at the age of 9. He was taken to St Petersburg by Clementi, to whom he was apprenticed, and spent most of his life in Russia, coming to England for a visit in 1832. Hamilton Harty's rather lush arrangement of four pieces as an orchestral suite in 1939 contributed to a popular revival of interest.

J. A. Cannon