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berceuse

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ber·ceuse  (br-sz)
n. pl. ber·ceuses (-sz)
1. A lullaby.
2. A soothing musical composition, usually in 6/8 time.

[French, feminine of berceur, cradle rocker, from bercer, to rock, from Vulgar Latin *bertire.]

berceuse (French) [bɛrsøz]
n
1. (Music / Classical Music) a cradlesong or lullaby
2. (Music / Classical Music) an instrumental piece suggestive of this, in six-eight time
[from French: lullaby, from bercer to rock]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.berceuseberceuse - a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"


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Additional favorites are En Bateau by Debussy, Berceuse by Faure and the showstopper "Le Bal," from Bizet's Jeux d'enfants.
The program also included Bruning's tempestuous Piazzolla Songs and her poetic Berceuse.
But Kissin's dramatic, emotionally declarative renditions of these dissimilar Chopin pieces - the querying Sturm und Drang of the first Ballade, the Slavic dazzlement of the fourth, the soothing rhythms of the Berceuse lullaby, and the playful, hallucinatory Scherzo No.
 
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