Usually means: Lullaby, usually gentle, for piano.
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  1. berceuse: Merriam-Webster
  2. berceuse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. berceuse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. berceuse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. berceuse: Vocabulary.com
  6. Berceuse, berceuse: Wordnik
  7. berceuse: Wiktionary
  8. berceuse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. berceuse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. berceuse: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Berceuse, berceuse: Dictionary.com
  12. Berceuse (Chopin), Berceuse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. berceuse: Rhymezone
  14. berceuse (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. berceuse: FreeDictionary.org
  16. berceuse: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. berceuse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. berceuse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. berceuse: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (berceuse)

▸ noun:  (music) A composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.

Similar:
cradlesong, lullaby, serenade, octuplet, courante, septimole, sextuplet, minuet, courant, faburden, more...

Opposite:
lively tune, energetic melody.

Types:
Brahms', Schumann's, Chopin's, Debussy's, Liszt's, Grieg's, Dvorak's, Rachmaninoff's, more...



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Similar:
cradlesong, lullaby, serenade, octuplet, courante, septimole, sextuplet, minuet, courant, faburden, more...

Opposite:
lively tune, energetic melody.

Types:
Brahms', Schumann's, Chopin's, Debussy's, Liszt's, Grieg's, Dvorak's, Rachmaninoff's, more...



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