{{Short description|Type of musical composition}} {{other uses|lullaby|lullaby (disambiguation)}} {{wiktionary|berceuse}} {{italic title}} A {{lang|fr|'''berceuse'''}} {{IPA|fr|bɛʁsøz|}} is "a musical composition usually in {{music|time|6|8}} time that resembles a lullaby".<ref>berceuse. (2010). In ''Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary''. Retrieved August 8, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/berceuse</ref> Otherwise it is typically in triple metre. Tonally most berceuses are simple, often merely alternating tonic and dominant harmonies; since the intended effect is to put a baby to sleep, wild chromaticism would be somewhat inappropriate. Another characteristic of the ''berceuse'', for no reason other than convention, is a tendency to stay on the "flat side"; noted examples including the berceuses by Chopin, who pioneered the form,<ref>Jeremy Siepmann, ''The Piano: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the World's Most Popular Musical Instrument'' (1998), p. 67.</ref> Liszt, and Balakirev, which are all in D{{music|flat}}.
== Music == * Berceuse pour deux notes qui cornent (for two notes which continue), for organ, JA 7, by Jehan Alain * Berceuse de Jeanne, by Harrison Birtwistle * Wiegenlied (Brahms), a cradle song, is a berceuse; it is better known in English as Brahms's Lullaby * Berceuse, by Frank Bridge, for cello and piano * Compositions by Ferruccio Busoni **Berceuse (in C major) Op. 2, for piano **Berceuse (Lullaby), for piano **''Berceuse élégiaque'' * ''Berceuse'', for piano by Frédéric Chopin * "Berceuse for the Infant Jesu" in A Little Suite for Christmas, by George Crumb * Berceuse Heroique, for piano, by Claude Debussy *Two compositions by Gabriel Fauré ** ''Berceuse'', Op. 16. ** "Berceuse" section of Dolly Suite for Piano four-hands, Op. 56, No. 1, by Fauré. Sometimes transcribed for violin and piano: not to be confused with the Op. 16 work, above. * Berceuse for an Unwanted Child (Reginald Foresythe) 1934 * Berceuse de Jocelyn, a lullaby from the opera "Jocelyn" by Benjamin Godard * Berceuse de Jupiter, also known as the aria "Que Les Songes Heureux" from the opera "Philémon et Baucis", by Charles Gounod * Grieg Lyric Pieces Op. 38 No. 1 * "Berceuse" from ''114 Songs'' (1922) by Charles Ives * ''Berceuse'' by Armas Järnefelt 1904 * "Berceuse" from 12 Transcendental Études by Sergei Lyapunov * ''Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré'' by Maurice Ravel for violin and piano * "Berceuse" in ''Six pieces for violin and piano'', Op 79, No. 6, by Jean Sibelius * One of the excerpts from The Firebird, a ballet by Igor Stravinsky * Berceuse for Solo Piano in A flat Major, Op. 72, No. 2, by Tchaikovsky * Berceuse (sur les paroles classiques), from 24 Pieces in Free Style, for organ, by Louis Vierne * Berceuse for Mallory, a big band jazz composition by Steve Spiegl * French online radio station titled berceuses.com with lullabies for children
==Art== *''La Berceuse'', a series of paintings by Vincent van Gogh
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Category:Musical forms Category:Lullabies