Barcarolle

E700499
character piece instrumental genre musical form vocal genre

"Barcarolle" is a lyrical, gently rocking piece of music traditionally inspired by Venetian gondoliers' songs.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Barcarolle in G minor, Op. 93 No. 4 1
Venetian Boat Song 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character piece ⓘ
instrumental genre ⓘ
musical form ⓘ
vocal genre ⓘ
associatedWith Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
gondoliers ⓘ
commonInstrumentation chamber ensemble ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo piano ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
derivedFromWord barca ⓘ
barcarola ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Italian ⓘ
evokes romantic atmosphere ⓘ
swaying motion of a boat ⓘ
water ⓘ
genreFamily classical music ⓘ
hasCharacteristic gently rocking ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
historicalPeriod Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy Venetian gondoliers' songs ⓘ
meaning boat song ⓘ
notableComposerOf Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabriel Fauré NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacques Offenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableExample Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceContext concert music ⓘ
salon music ⓘ
stage music ⓘ
popularizedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
relatedForm gondoliera ⓘ
nocturne ⓘ
serenade ⓘ
typicalMeter 12/8 ⓘ
6/8 ⓘ
typicalMood dreamy ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
tender ⓘ
typicalRhythm compound duple ⓘ
typicalTempo moderate ⓘ
typicalTexture melody with accompaniment ⓘ
usedIn art song ⓘ
opera ⓘ
piano repertoire ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlotte Church (album) → containsTrack → Barcarolle ⓘ
Voice of an Angel → hasTrack → Barcarolle ⓘ
Songs Without Words → notablePiece → Barcarolle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian Boat Song
Anton Rubinstein → notableWork → Barcarolle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barcarolle in G minor, Op. 93 No. 4