Abbott - Midnight (Nocturnal Reverie)

1. Measures 1–4: Rising eighth notes and a small grace-note figure sound above a held chord, followed by descending chromatic chords and a fermata.
2. Measures 5–20: Marked “Dreamily,” a lower-register melody unfolds between low bass notes and higher chords. Its rising and falling phrases include held tones, grace notes and a brief triplet figure.
3. Measures 21–36: The melody moves into the upper register at mf, combining flowing eighth notes, grace-note ornaments and sustained inner tones over alternating bass notes, chords and running bass figures.
4. Measures 37–52: A forte restatement broadens the melody into octaves and fuller chords. Short answering figures and chromatic harmonies lead into longer, quieter sonorities.
5. Measures 53–84: A pp middle section in A-flat major is marked slightly faster. Long outer melody tones overlap repeated inner chords and a recurring bass figure. Chordal statements at 64 and 80 briefly fill out the texture; the final two bars recall the introduction’s descending chords.
6. Measures 85–100: The lower-register melody and higher chordal accompaniment return in the opening key signature.
7. Measures 101–126: The upper melody returns with altered details, then expands again into octaves, chordal phrases and short answering figures.
8. Measures 127–136: A moving line passes through the upper staff beneath sustained chords before descending into the bass. Repeated chord gestures fade into a rising chromatic double-note figure, a ritardando and quiet tied sonorities with a final low bass.