The Nocturnes are five piano pieces (planned as a set of seven, but unfinished) by Erik Satie. They were written between August and November 1919. With the exception of the Premier Menuet (1920) they were his final works for solo piano, and are considered among his most significant achievements in the genre. The Nocturnes stand apart from Satie's piano music of the 1910s in their complete seriousness, lacking the zany titles, musical parody, and extramusical texts he typically appended to his scores. In performance the set lasts about 13 minutes.
| Tempo | Simplement (Simply) |
| Date of composition | 1919 |
| Premiered | 1920, June 7th in Paris, France |
| Type | Nocturne |
| Approx. duration | 2 minutes |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Erik Satie: Nocturne n°2 Erik Satie: Notturno n. 2 Erik Satie: Nocturne Nr. 2 |