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or barcarolle
as in folk song
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Recent Examples of barcarole
The barcarole that sentimentally takes Pierrot home back to Bergamo, with a moonbeam for a rudder and a water lily for a boat, gets its sinister, otherworldly wind for its sails from the full quintet up to its eerie tricks.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barcarole
Noun
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Boyle is a great example of what Carthy was talking about, the originator of an oral history and a certain type of folk song, passed by word of mouth around a fanbase and through generations.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits.—
Steve Hochman,
SPIN,
21 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Even on tour, fans go expecting dramatic catharsis to be undergirding all that glee.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Confetti canons shot out glittering rainbows, and Derevjanik began to dance around, shouting in glee.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Critics and record companies were initially unwilling to expand their ideas about what a rocker looked like, but in 1989, Kravitz was booked as the opening act on three separate tours—Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan—and Virgin Records released his debut album.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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The tireless rocker embarked on a solo tour in the spring with his solo band, comprised of Brent Woods on lead guitar, Jason Walker on guitar and Brian Tichy on drums.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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Though she was eventually acquitted, the case attracted nationwide attention and Borden remains a pop culture fascination to this day.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the last decade, a spate of pop culture examining how the media mistreated famous women in the 1990s and 2000s has recontextualized their stories.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The big number arrives, characters emote, high notes ring and ring and ring again … and the aria subsides unmemorably, without leaving the ozone tang that signals a bolt of musical lightning.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Macmillan has a musician's kind of knack for sculpting outbursts, rants and other verbal arias.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Last year, when speaking to the Daily Star (via Music News) about his solo album, Orgy Of The Damned, Slash was asked why the record didn’t feature bandmate Axl Rose or the Conspirators collaborator Myles Kennedy.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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Dalin, 41, completed the solo round the world sailing race in 64 days, 19 hours and 22 minutes in January, becoming the first person in the history of the event to finish in under 70 days.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Barcarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barcarole. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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