berceuse
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No berceuse by Gounod was ever more rest-compelling.
From Vixen, Volume I. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Dear Magelone," he said, going to the piano,—the berceuse was just ended, and Otto was expressing his admiration for the music and for the performer,—"dear Magelone, will you preside at the coffee-table to-day?
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
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 Athalie by Frank Craig
The plaintive melody of the berceuse rang in her ears on duty and off, till at last she could stand it no longer.
From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer
As she passed each corpse she knelt beside it and sang the foolish little berceuse that Poitou mothers sing to their babies.
From Leerie by Ruth Sawyer
Yet this, too, is somewhat in keeping with the tradition of the lullaby – the berceuses by established composers such as Liszt and Chopin were often written in a flat key.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2010
