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barcarolle

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

barcarolle, or barcarole, originally the name given to songs sung by Venetian boatmen, or barcaruoli, while rowing their gondolas. However, the meaning has been extended to cover any song reminiscent of the original Venetian barcarolle, which normally had a slow tempo and most often a sad or doleful air. The word dates back to the 17th century.

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Barcarolle

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Barcarolle from Les contes d'Hoffmann. Retrieved by Offenbach from his much earlier opera, Die Rheinnixen, 1864 (a failure). In this it figured as a Goblin's Song.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Barcarolle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Barcarolle.html

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barcarolle

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barcarolle (Fr. from It.; Ger. 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.

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