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Field, John
Field, John (b Dublin, 1782; d Moscow, 1837). Irish pianist and composer. Début in Dublin aged 9. In London became pupil of Clementi, whose pfs. he exhibited. Played a conc. by Dussek at Pinto's benefit concert 1798 and his own 1st conc. at King's Th., 1799. In 1802 Clementi took him to Fr., Ger., and Russia, where he settled in St Petersburg in 1803, becoming teacher and touring Europe as virtuoso pianist. Last played in Eng. 1831–2. His importance as a composer for the pf. has only latterly been recognized. He invented the style and name Nocturne for short pieces, composing 19. Wrote 7 pf. concs., 4 sonatas, and other works. Schumann and Liszt admired his work, and Chopin developed the nocturne form.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Field, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Field, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-FieldJohn.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Field, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-FieldJohn.html |
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Field, John
Field, John (1545–88), Presbyterian propagandist. Ordained priest, uncanonically early, in 1566, he soon became a leading member of an extreme Puritan group in London and was debarred from preaching for 8 years (1571–9). In 1572 he wrote the bitter ‘View of Popish Abuses yet remaining in the English Church’ which appeared with T. Wilcox's Admonition to the Parliament; both were sentenced to a year's imprisonment. Field was an adept propagandist and organizer, though he failed in his attempt to impose a Presbyterian uniformity on English Puritans.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Field, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Field, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FieldJohn.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Field, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FieldJohn.html |
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Field, John
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.
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JOHN CANNON. "Field, John." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Field, John." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-FieldJohn.html JOHN CANNON. "Field, John." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-FieldJohn.html |
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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.
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"John Field." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "John Field." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Field-Jo.html "John Field." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Field-Jo.html |
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JOHN CANNON. "Field, John." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Field, John." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-FieldJohn.html JOHN CANNON. "Field, John." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-FieldJohn.html |
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