The most famous berceuse of all is Johannes Brahms' Lullaby. From LearnThat.org. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berceuse]
Lullabies written by established classical composers are often given the form-name berceuse, which is French for lullaby, or cradle song. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Now, with the blunderbuss business behind him, he turned his mind to several other unusual occurrences in the past few hours, not the least of which was why he had arrived back at the Bijou Theater humming a Chopin berceuse. From Wordnik.com. [Nutrition] Reference
Wallux-Weyer - Tender lullaby (tendre berceuse) 06. From Wordnik.com. [2BakSa.Net] Reference
Frédéric Chopin's Opus 57 is a berceuse for solo piano. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Typically a berceuse is in triple meter, or in a compound meter such as 6/8. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The most famous berceuse of all is Johannes Brahms 'lied Wiegenlied (cradle song), called Brahms'. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The piano-laden berceuse 'Wild Goose Chase' closes out the all-too-brief album strongly, leaving me blown away and clearly wanting more. From Wordnik.com. [The Line Of Best Fit] Reference
Doubtless she knew it too, as she sat there sewing on the frail garment which lay across her knee and singing blithely under her breath some air with cadence like a berceuse. From Wordnik.com. [Athalie] Reference
The masterpieces of Chopin consist of mazurkas, polonaises, waltzes, etudes, preludes, nocturnes (with which we will class the berceuse and barcarole), scherzos and impromptus, and ballades. From Wordnik.com. [Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
An anecdote describes how Chopin helped quiet rowdy children by first improvising a story and then lulling them to sleep with a berceuse (lullaby) - after which he woke everyone with an ear-piercing chord. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
"Promenade," and "Mazurka" are to be mentioned, and a number of pieces for violin and piano, among them a finely built intermezzo, a berceuse, a romanza that should be highly effective, and a witty scherzino. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
He has written for strings a berceuse and a scherzino, which have been played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and certain part songs, as well as a chorus for female voices and string orchestra, have been sung in London. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
Old as were the words, the melody was older -- so old and quaint and sweet that it seemed a berceuse fashioned to soothe the drowsing centuries, lest the memories of ancient wrongs awake and rouse the very dead from their Gothic tombs. From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
Among his works, besides piano pieces and songs, are: "A May Song," for women's chorus and piano; six pieces for violin and piano; "Harold," a ballad for male chorus, barytone solo, and orchestra; "Were It Not For Love," composed for male chorus; several sets of male choruses; a motet for mixed chorus a cappella; a berceuse for string orchestra, an introduction and rondo for violin and orchestra; and a "Marche Nuptiale," for grand orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
(Historically minded viewers will notice that the accompanying music — the berceuse from Gabriel Fauré’s Dolly Suite — was used as the opening theme to the long-running radio series from Davies’s youth, the sweet, literate Listen With Mother, a show of stories and songs for the under-5 set and their mothers. From Wordnik.com. [Intimate History] Reference
But not any berceuse. From Wordnik.com. [Nutrition] Reference
The most famous berceuse of all is. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Opus 57 is a berceuse for solo piano. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
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