barcarolle for guitar by alexandre tansman

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A barcarole is characterized by a rhythm reminiscent of the gondolier's stroke, almost invariably a moderate tempo 6/8 meter.[1]

While the most famous barcaroles are from the Romantic period, the genre was well-enough known in the 18th century for Burney to mention, in The Present State of Music in France and Italy (1771), that it was a celebrated form cherished by "collectors of good taste".[2]

[edit] Examples
The barcarole was a popular form in opera, where the apparently artless sentimental style of the folklike song could be put to good use: in addition to the Offenbach example, Paisiello, Weber, and Rossini wrote arias that were barcaroles, Gaetano Donizetti set the Venetian scene at the opening of Marino Faliero (1835) with a barcarole for a gondolier and chorus, and Verdi included a barcarole in Un ballo in maschera (i.e., Richard's atmospheric "Di tu se fidele il flutto maspetta" in Act I).[2]

Arthur Sullivan set the entry of Sir Joseph Porter's barge (also bearing his sisters, cousins and aunts) in H.M.S. Pinafore to a barcarole. Schubert, while not using the name specifically, used a style reminiscent of the barcarole in some of his most famous songs, including especially his haunting "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" ("to be sung on the water"), D.774.[2]

Other barcaroles include: the three "Venetian Gondola Songs" from Mendelssohn's Songs without Words, Opp. 19, 30 and 62; the "June" barcarole from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons; Charles-Valentin Alkan's barcarole from the Op. 65 Troisième recueil de chants; Béla Bartók's "Barcarolla" from Out of Doors; several examples by Anton Rubinstein, Mily Balakirev, Alexander Glazunov, Edward MacDowell, and Ethelbert Nevin; and most impressively of all, the collection of thirteen for solo piano by Gabriel Fauré.[2]

In the 20th century, examples include: Agustín Barrios's Julia Florida; the second movement of Villa-Lobos's Trio No. 2 contains a Berceuse-Barcarolla (1915); Leonard Bernstein's "The Kings' Barcarole" from Candide; George Gershwin's Dance of the Waves (1937), and Ned Rorem wrote his Barcaroles in Morocco (1949).
from WIKIPEDIA

Tansman always described himself as a Polish composer, though he spoke French at home and married a French pianist, Colette Cras. In 1941, fleeing Europe as his Jewish background put him in danger with Hitler's rise to power, he moved to Los Angeles (thanks to the efforts of his friend Charlie Chaplin in getting him a visa), where he made the acquaintance of Arnold Schoenberg. Tansman composed the score for at least two Hollywood movies - Flesh and Fantasy, starring Barbara Stanwyck; and a biopic of the Australian medical researcher Sister Elizabeth Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell. He scored six films in all. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946 for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, for Paris Underground (there was a huge field of 21 nominations, and the winner was Miklós Rózsa for Spellbound).

Though Alexandre Tansman returned to Paris after the war, his disappearance from the European musical scene left him behind the musical currents of the time, and no longer fresh in the minds of the public, which slowed his previously fast-rising career.

No longer in tune with the French fashions, which had moved on to the avant-garde style, Tansman returned to his musical roots, drawing on his Jewish and Polish background to create some of his greatest works. During this time he began to reestablish connections to Poland, though his career and family kept him in France, where he lived until his death in 1986.

According to the Paris-based Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs, Tansman used the name "Stan Alson" when he composed jazz music

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[qidelephant]

very nice. i like this piece.

[jacquillo]

@qidelephant - thank you you very much ---

( in the meantime jac switched to electric guitar )

[fpviri]

Exquisite playing. Three cheers from the hot tropics.

[jacquillo]

@fpviri thank you you francisco - hello from the cold place !

[Roselyne18]

Hello Jacques, c'est un plaisir de t'écouter interpréter cette jolie "Barcarolle", merci mon jeune ami !

Bon weekend, bien amicalement, Rosy

[jacquillo]

@Roselyne18 merci roselyne, c etait en public cette fois.

[marian444]

Very nice!!!

[dontbelate73]

Like your stile!!!

[jayrloves]

very nicely done!

[aeropaco]

Bravissimo!

[Soundswitch001]

Do you have tabs for this??

[KhmerSerey1]

Chef d'oevre chittararisto magnifico,grazie Jacquillo !!! 

[KlodeB92]

Belle interprétation Jacquillo !Merci pour les infos sur Tansman . Amitiés .

Claude

[JanGabry]

Very nice!!! Ciao =)

Gabry