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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 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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Nobody said that until the late ‘80s, and the people who said that in the late ‘80s were people who didn’t like old folk songs.Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
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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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This is more than believable as Barnes strings together seemingly simple movements — flapping a leg on repeat, spinning with freedom and force, snapping her fingers with glee — whipping from one direction to the next like a gale wind.Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The future of TikTok, meanwhile, remains unclear, as the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Friday over a potential U.S. Whatever the outcome, here’s hoping people will continue raising their ya ya ya with glee.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The rocker is also stepdad to 25-year-old Atiana De La Hoya, Moakler’s daughter with Oscar De La Hoya, while the Kardashians star shares 15-year-old son Mason, 12-year-old daughter Penelope and 10-year-old son Reign with ex Scott Disick.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025
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This week is an especially fruitful one for the band, as several collections from the rockers surge and prove their ongoing popularity.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The songwriting in pop has been incredibly inspiring over the past few years.Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
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In 2009, one of the biggest pops in WWE history happened when Hardy defeated Edge (Adam Copeland) and Triple H in a triple-threat match for the WWE Championship.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The film is peppered with flashbacks of arias by Verdi and Puccini when Callas was at the height of her success.Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Arthur fills the car with an aria from Don Giovanni on a low volume and heads toward the hospital.Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024
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Some listeners described Kay as an egomaniac who coveted a solo show.Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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South Korean pop sensation J-Hope, best known as a member of BTS, has revealed plans for his inaugural solo world tour.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 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 18 Jan. 2025.
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