John Field

Ireland, 1795–1836

Irish pianist and composer credited with originating the nocturne, a lyrical piano miniature using sustained pedal. He spent most of his career in St Petersburg as a fashionable teacher.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced John Field and 2 artists John Field influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced John Field?

• Muzio Clementi — Field was Clementi's apprentice, pupil and piano demonstrator, travelling Europe with him to St Petersburg.

Which artists did John Field influence?

• Mikhail Glinka — Glinka took piano lessons from John Field in St Petersburg — the documented touch of the nocturne master on Russian music's founder.
• Frédéric Chopin — Field's nocturnes were the direct genre model for Chopin's own — a debt contemporaries and Chopin's teaching repertoire both document.