A berceuse is "a musical composition usually in 6/8 time that resembles a lullaby". Otherwise it is typically in triple meter. 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 out of character. 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, Liszt, and Balakirev, which are all in D♭.
Wiegenlied (Brahms), a cradle song, is a berceuse; it is better known in English as Brahms's Lullaby
Berceuse de Jocelyn, a tender lullaby from the opera "Jocelyn" by Benjamin Godard
Berceuse (Chopin), "cradle song" for piano, composed by Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse de Jupiter, also known as the aria "Que Les Songes Heureux" from the opera "Philémon et Baucis", by Charles Gounod
One of the excerpts from The Firebird Suite, a ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré by Maurice Ravel for violin and piano
Compositions by Ferruccio Busoni
Berceuse (in C major) Op. 2, for piano
Berceuse (Lullaby), for piano
Berceuse élégiaque
Berceuse, by Frank Bridge, is a piece for cello and piano
Berceuse for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 16, by Gabriel Fauré
"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 Fauré's Op. 16.
Berceuse for Solo Piano in A flat Major, Op. 72, No. 2, by Tchaikovsky
"Berceuse for the Infant Jesu" in A Little Suite for Christmas, by George Crumb
Grieg Lyric Pieces Op. 38 No. 1
Berceuse Heroique, for piano, by Claude Debussy
Berceuse for an Unwanted Child (Reginald Foresythe) 1934
Berceuse (sur les paroles classiques), from 24 Pieces in Free Style, for organ, by Louis Vierne
Berceuse pour deux notes qui cornent (for two notes which continue), for organ, JA 7, by Jehan Alain
Berceuse by Armas Järnefelt 1904
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