variants
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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In 1920, the two spend a winter walking through the forests and islands of Maine, collecting folk songs in order to preserve them for future generations.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
24 July 2025
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The rest of it was kind of boring: old folk songs that everybody sang.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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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
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John Redcorn conveniently enters with an attractive business proposition: John Redcorn's Red Corn, which the entirety of Rainey Street devours with glee.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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There was a kind of trickster’s glee in his expression.—
Darcy Ballantyne
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
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The 2025 New York Film Festival announced Monday that the film, starring Jeremy Allen White as the New Jersey rocker, will be its Spotlight Gala selection, premiering Sept. 28 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
11 Aug. 2025
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The group’s second set marked a major high point in the early ’70s, bringing the rockers to No. 1 in the United Kingdom for the first time.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Even though Taylor Swift is a little biased toward Travis Kelce, the pop star’s favorite performance in Happy Gilmore 2 might just have been Bad Bunny‘s.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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The pop star has been announced as a Season 2 guest star, but details of her characters have still not been revealed.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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As Artaserse, Kim’s performance took some time to ripen on Friday, his voice sometimes vanishingly slender and lagging behind the orchestra in his first aria to Semira.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Playwright Richard Greenberg was the maestro of shimmering verbal arias.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Gunn even played coy about a possible Peacemaker solo film.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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James did manage 3 solo stops and a quarterback hurry, but Cam Ward and the Hurricanes were virtually unstoppable during a 41-17 romp in the Swamp.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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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 22 Aug. 2025.
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