Množina: barcaroles
A boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers; SYN. barcarolle.
gondolier's song
Song of the type sung by Venetian gondoliers. The barcarole is always in moderate duple time (6/8 or 12/8), with a swaying rhythm. Instrumental barcaroles also exist, for example Chopin’s Barcarolle 1846.