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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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The new album’s title, Arirang, is a reference to a traditional Korean folk song known around the world.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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The story can be traced to a German folk song that immigrants brought to the United States.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Seriosa music, Indonesia’s unique adaptation of the Western art song, profoundly shaped his artistic identity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Nov. 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
Noun
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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert could not contain his glee.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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The former Nuggets guard danced around Ball Arena with glee throughout a 6-for-7 shooting game and was even bold enough to confront 7-footer Jonas Valanciunas after taking exception to a foul.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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The famed rocker and genre film aficionado is also executive producing Sundown, a Canadian indie horror feature from director Rebekah McKendry that wrapped production in Winnipeg this week.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Detroit rocker seemingly took a shot at Taylor Swift while talking about the nuances of his songwriting in a new interview with The Guardian.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No one’s comfortable saying that that pop music should be a bastion of the wealthy, but solutions to that are not free-market solutions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hyunjin, the South Korean rapper, singer and member of the K-pop group Stray Kids, is the newest global brand ambassador for Guess?—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Instead, a narrator gives a somewhat notion of what’s what in the language of the audience, as is Akhnaten’s great aria, a hymn to Aten (god of the sun).—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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There will be cocktails, dinner and arias performed by the 2025-26 Artists in Residence.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Duran homered for a second straight game with his solo shot off Boyd that cut the lead to 5-1 with one out in the sixth.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Paul Thomas Anderson and Benny Safdie showed up to film Winter’s solo show at Carnegie Hall, and rock legends from Julian Casablancas to Jeff Tweedy to Patti Smith have lined up to praise the band.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Spiritual Sound Marc-André Hamelin, Found Objects / Sound Objects The Beths, Straight Line Was a Lie A year like no other, my 2025 in music was filled with joyous arias and madrigals of melancholy.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 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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“Barcarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barcarole. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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