barcarole
noun
a boating song of the Venetian gondoliers.
barcarolle
-
a variation of
barcarole.
Example Sentences
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Shipowner Onassis sang a variation on the Callas theme: "Friends have described me as a sailor," went his barcarolle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, the barcarolle is one of the most important of Chopin's compositions in the nocturne- style.
From Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2 by Frederick Niecks
But no sooner had Natasha finished her barcarolle than reality again presented itself.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
The barcarolle for mixed chorus and accompaniment on the piano for four hands obtains a wealth of color, enhanced by the constant division of the voices.
For these musicians recognized their kind: and, since that long-past evening of the barcarolle, had marked Ivan for a future, according to their lights.
From The Genius by Margaret Horton Potter
