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Word of the Day: Barcarolle

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

noun

1. A song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers.

2. A musical composition in the style of a barcarolle.

"Judy likes to sing a barcarolle she learned in Venice while on her honeymoon."

"Tourists love the melodic barcarolles the Venetian gondoliers have sung for centuries."

"The melody was based on a barcarolle the composer heard in Venice in his youth."

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Venetian Italian, late 18th century

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In Venetian, "barcaruola" translates to "boatman's song." "Venetian" is more than a dialect of Italian — it's actually a separate Romance language spoken by some 5 million Italians. Though barcarolles originated as gondoliers' songs, by the 18th century, Italian composers such as Giuseppe Verdi (in the opera "I due Foscari") and Gioachino Rossini ("Otello") were introducing the style to audiences, as were international composers including the German Carl Maria von Weber ("Oberon") and the German French Jacques Offenbach ("Les Contes d'Hoffmann"). ...