Now, as a boat draws up, the music starts the gentle sway of a barcarolle, featuring a solo saxophone.
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Flowing with gently dislocated barcarolle rhythms, it has a seriousness well matched to this great orchestra.
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Ivan had begun the barcarolle trembling.
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In The Gondoliers, there are the Spanish cachucha, the Italian saltarello and tarantella, and the Venetian barcarolle.
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It contains much beautiful French atmosphere and such beloved bits as the Venetian barcarolle for female duet and the aria of a mechanical doll who runs, literally, out of steam.
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In the third movement, Chagnard pushed a tempo more fluid than languorous, moving through mellow middle strings and supply balanced woodwinds to a barcarolle-like ending.
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His rendering of the now celebrated barcarolle, had given him an unquestioned place in the salon of the Grand-Duchess, which henceforth he frequented regularly.
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Both remained part of the Romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka, and polonaise.
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Barcarole: a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
Song or instrumental piece in a swaying 6/8 time (i.e., suggesting the lilting motion of a Venetian gondola).