It was first performed in Warsaw on 24 January 1920, by Paweł Kochański and Feliks Szymanowski (the composer's elder brother), and published in 1921. It is dedicated to the composer's friend August Iwański, at whose estate Ryżawka, and Józef Jaroszyński's manor in Zarudzie, the work was written.

Original Name Nokturn i tarantela
Date of composition 1915 (spring - summer 1915)
Premiered 1920, January 24th in Warsaw, Poland
First published in 1921 by Universal Edition in Vienna, Austria
Dedicated to Monsieur Auguste Iwański
Type Nocturne
Tonality E Minor
Catalogue Op. 28
Approx. duration 7 minutes
Instruments Violin
Piano
Autotranslations beta Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella en mi mineur, Op. 28
Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella in mi minore, Op. 28
Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella e-moll, Op. 28