Definition of "barcarole" []

• A Venetian gondolier's song with a rhythm suggestive of rowing. (noun)
• A composition imitating a Venetian gondolier's song. (noun)

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• "Farther off, at a fourth instrument in the oratory, a whole class of a dozen or more were taking a singing lesson, and just then joining in a "barcarole" (I think they called it), whereof I yet remember these words "fraîchë," "brisë," and "Venisë.""
• "So: play the waltz of the tranquil moon, the barcarole, on the fluid guitar, till my head lolls, dreaming:"
• "From each berth some different description of noise was issuing; the Lubecker was snoring loudly, Baron R---- was twanging a guitar, Monsieur Robineau singing a barcarole, and every body was calling out as loud as he could for something or other."