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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
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The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Jan. 2025
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The pic charts the relationship between two young men who meet in 1916 and travel together to record the folk songs of their countrymen in rural New England.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
1 Jan. 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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As a map of Austin’s musical journey, the recital moved through spirituals and standard repertoire into 20th-century and contemporary art song and opera.—
Michael Andor Brodeur,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
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American scientists crowed with glee over evidence that America was as old as Europe.—
Caroline Winterer / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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Maria hides her pills from her household staff with the glee of a child stashing her Halloween candy.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
8 Jan. 2025
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The rockers continue to chart new smashes to this day, and their Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection is a fairly steady performer across the country.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The dates, which are part of the band’s ongoing Music of the Spheres World Tour, mark the rockers’ first-ever stadium show in the country, according to Coldplay's Instagram page.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Now the pop star’s former digs have resurfaced on the market, asking a smidge under $6 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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McKnight received his first Grammy nomination at the 36th annual awards in 1994 for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal alongside Vanessa Williams.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Callas’s arias filled the halls in surround sound, and in our rooms, La Divina chocolate bars inspired by her performances showcased a Callas portrait on the outer box, and a history of the famous show on its interior.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Dec. 2024
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He’s lost in his leather aria, grinning, his wild grey curls alert, electrified by the music.—
Carolyn Figel,
Hazlitt,
27 Nov. 2024
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First-time nominee Roan, 26, received six nods from the Recording Academy: record of the year, album of the year, best pop vocal album, song of the year, best new artist and best pop solo performance.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The paper noted that Smith and Holt are good friends who’ve performed together in the past in Henley’s solo band.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2021
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After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.—
Walter Simmons,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
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“Barcarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barcarole. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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