<span>Whitman’s perception of America in the mid-19th
century was that it had the fullest poetical nature. This was due to the great cultural
diversity of the people who lived in America. Today, America is still a widely
multicultural continent. Even just the United States are probably the land with
the greatest mixture of different cultural backgrounds. </span>
<span>A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime, is the NOCTURNE. This type of composition was cultivated in the 19th century. John Field was one of the first nocturne composers back in the day and he became the father of Romantic nocturne.</span>
