Tristan Robert Lange

Nocturne in D Minor: Dolorous Duet

The Music
 
Listen/stream Nocturne in D Minor: Dolorous Duet on Bandcamp:
https://avensemble.bandcamp.com/track/nocturne-in-d-minor-dolorous-duet
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The Poem
 
plinking echoes
reverberating resonance—
 
a wind blows softly
through the moonlit oculus,
a clerestory casement —
 
fingers ease down,
then slowly release.
velvet dampens
the crystalline cascade
 
shimmering slightly
 
in ivory soft notes—
together a chord—
bleeding one into the other
whilst scaling,
 
digits dancing off
alabaster accidentals
onto ebony enamel.
 
upon the airy wind
lament emerges—
swelling hypnosis,
 
a ghostly,
reedy legato drift
weaving its slow
melancholy movement
through the soul.
 
darkness surrounds
but for the pale, wanton
 
moonbeam
 
hauntingly cast
upon the duet
of spectral sorrow—
 
sirening
 
their delicate dirge.
 
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, April 15, 2026.
 
Tittu
 
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THE SCORE
The full score is available below for those who wish to follow or explore the work more closely.
 
https://tristanrobertlange.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/trlange_2026_nocturne-in-d-minor_official.pdf