notturno

[ nuh-too r-noh, noh-; Italian nawt-too r-naw ]
/ nəˈtʊər noʊ, noʊ-; Italian nɔtˈtʊər nɔ /

noun, plural not·tur·ni [nuh-too r-nee, noh-; Italian nawt-too r-nee] /nəˈtʊər ni, noʊ-; Italian nɔtˈtʊər ni/. Music.

an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.
nocturne.

Origin of notturno

< Italian: of the night < Latin nocturnus. See nocturn

Words nearby notturno

nottingham, sheriff of, nottinghamshire, nottm, nottoway, notts, notturno, notum, notungulate, notus, notwithstanding, nouadhibou

Example sentences from the Web for notturno

  • Notturno for piano and violoncello, in D major (from Op. 8); pub.

    Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) |Elliott Graeme

  • It is full of the grace of a notturno, of the secret grief of hopeless love.

    Massimilla Doni |Honore de Balzac

  • The next piece will be Chopin's Notturno in E flat; for your touch has already gained in fulness, and is now unobjectionable.

    Piano and Song |Friedrich Wieck