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barcarole

bar·ca·role [ brkə rl ] (plural bar·ca·roles [ brkə rl ]) or bar·ca·rolle [ brkə rl ] (plural bar·ca·rolles)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. gondoliers' song: a song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers

2. instrumental piece imitating barcarole: a piece of instrumental music that imitates a gondolier's song, made popular especially by Chopin and Mendelssohn

[Early 17th century. Via French< Venetian Italian barcaruola< barcarolo "gondolier" < late Latin barca "bark"]
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