ALEXANDRA TRIANTI
(soprano)
FRANZ OSBORN
(pianoforte) Chopin did not invent the Nocturne.
The composer who did was John Field, who, in his youth, was a pupil of Clementi. An Irishman who spent much of his time in Russia, Field is always supposed to have Chopin considerably in his debt. He was certainly the originator of that type of music which Chopin developed with genius and made practically his own.