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Handbells 3-5 octave handbell choir - Level 2 SKU: HP.2643 Composed by Patricia Cota. Arranged by Patricia Cota. Education, General Worship. Handbell score. 8 pages. Hope Publishing Company #2643. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.2643). UPC: 763628126438.Original Composition From the Italian, "barca," or boat, a barcarole is usually in a triple meter, and imitates the boat songs of Venice. Patti Cota's BARCAROLE opens with a simple minor melody. The B section, in a major key, evokes a picture of calm, with sun glittering on gently-rippling water. The composition then returns to the A section, but this time much bigger and embellished by fuller chords and rhythmic accompaniment using strategically placed thumb damps. A subdued ending evokes waves gradually subsiding on the shoreline.