Barcarole-Peace In the Storm
3-5 octave Handbells
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Barcarole-Peace In the Storm
3-5 octave Handbells
- Instrumentation Handbells
- Editor Patricia Cota
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Hope Publishing Company
- Order no. HPC2643
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Description:
From the Italian, 'barca, ' or boat, a barcarole is usually in a triple meter, and imitates the boat songs of Venice. Patti Cota's BARCAROLE opens with a simple minor melody. The B section, in a major key, evokes a picture of calm, with sun glittering on gently-rippling water. The composition then returns to the A section, but this time much bigger and embellished by fuller chords and rhythmic accompaniment using strategically placed thumb damps. A subdued ending evokes waves gradually subsiding on the shoreline.