Farmhouse and Chestnut Trees at Jas-de-Bouffan c1885-87 Paul Cezanne John Field (1782-1837) To the Irish pianist and composer John Field has been credited the invention of the Nocturne, a form later adopted and developed by Chopin. Field was born in Dublin in 1782, the son of a violinist, but moved with his family to London in 1793, perhaps taking violin lessons from Haydn's f..