barcarola

barcarolle, also spelled barcarole, (from Italian barcarola, “boatman” or “gondolier”), originally a Venetian gondolier's song typified by gently rocking rhythms in 6/8 or 12/8 time.

Borrowed from French barcarolle, from Venetian barcaroƚa (“song sung by a boatman”), from barca (“bark, barge, boat”), ultimately from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship; type of fish”).

Jacques OffenbachBarcarolle / ComposerJacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. Wikipedia

Barcarolle/sicilienne types These are not dance rhythms exactly, but are useful to have in your repertoire. The Latin root barca- refers both to a boat (related to the English word bark, a sailing ship) and a baby's crib.

In classical music, two of the most famous barcarolles are Jacques Offenbach's "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour", from his opera The Tales of Hoffmann; and Frédéric Chopin's Barcarolle in F-sharp major for solo piano.

Barkarole). Boat song or an instr. comp. with a steady rhythm (in compound duple or compound quadruple time) reminiscent of songs of the Venetian gondoliers or barcaruoli.

Etymology and terminology The Latin word itself derives from the Ancient Greek mousiké (technē) - μουσική (τέχνη) - literally meaning "(art) of the Muses". The Muses were nine deities in Ancient Greek mythology who presided over the arts and sciences.

1. a. : a bed or cot for a baby usually on rockers or pivots. b. : a framework or support suggestive of a baby's cradle: such as.

The barcarolle, like a nocturne, is structured in A-B-A form. Its introduction begins with a bass in C# and falling modulation through each key of the main key signature F# major, provoking an air of uncertainty.

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The Barcarolle, Op. 60 is a grand, expansive work from the late period in the oeuvre of Fryderyk Chopin. Written in the years 1845–1846, it was published in 1846.

Barcarolle, or boat song, gondoliers' song, had been composed by many composers in the 19th century such as Mendelssohn, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Faure, Rachmaninoff... During this time, the salon characteristic pieces had been very popular. The title almost reveals the contents of love duets on Venetian rivers.