barcarole

or bar·ca·rolle

[ bahr-kuh-rohl ]

noun

a boating song of the Venetian gondoliers.
a piece of music composed in the style of such songs.

Origin of barcarole

1605–15; <Venetian barcarola boatman's song, feminine of barcarolo, equivalent to barcar- (<Late Latin barcārius boatman; see bark³, -ary) + -olo (≪ Latin -eolus)

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How to use barcarole in a sentence

Herein lies the idea of the barcarolle, the ebb and flow, the undulation of each measure.
Piano Mastery | Harriette Brower
Strictly speaking, the barcarolle is an Italian boat-songbarca being the Italian word for boat.
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works | Edward Baxter Perry
And then you'll sing that lovely barcarolle through the speaking-trumpet!
Mr. Punch at the Play | Various
Upstairs a door was opened, and a sweet, girlish voice trilled two bars of a Venetian barcarolle.
A Speckled Bird | Augusta J. Evans Wilson
The great Fantaisie, Op. 49, is an epic poem, much as the Barcarolle is a poem of love.
The World's Great Men of Music | Harriette Brower

British Dictionary definitions for barcarole

barcarole

barcarolle

/ (ˈbɑːkəˌrəʊl, -ˌrɒl, ˌbɑːkəˈrəʊl) /

noun

a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
an instrumental composition resembling this

Origin of barcarole

C18: from French, from Italian barcarola, from barcaruolo boatman, from barca boat; see barque

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