From the Italian barca meaning boat. Vocal or orchestra piece imitating the song of a Venetian gondolier, as in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman.
Song or instrumental piece in a swaying 6/8 time (i.e., suggesting the lilting motion of a Venetian gondola).
a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
a gondalier's song, a hint that bards might not be lame in this gameworld
a work inspired by the music of Venetian gondoliers featuring a swaying accompanyment suggesting the 'rocking of a boat to and fro
originally a song of the Venetian gondoliers
(fr.)/ Barcarola (it.) - Song in the style of the Venetian gondoliers. [back
A boating-song, generally used to describe the boating songs of gondoliers in Venice, imitated by composers in songs and instrumental pieces
A barcarolle (from French; also Italian barcarola, barcarole) is a folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers, or a piece of music composed in that style. In classical music, the two most famous barcarolles are those by Jacques Offenbach, from his opera The Tales of Hoffmann, and Frédéric Chopin's barcarolle for solo piano, in F-sharp major, opus 60.