Musicology Annotation << Back The Vocal Nocturne and Russian Period of its History Dolgushina M.G. In this article the genre of a vocal nocturne is considered for the first time. The characteristic of its stylistic features is given, genre transformation of a nocturne in music of Russian composers is analysed. Article is based on research of rare editions and manuscripts of first half of the 19th century. Key words: vocal nocturne, genre, composers. E-mail: mgd63@mail.ru