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[[File:Barcarolle Saint-Saëns Cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of first edition (1898)]]
[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]'s '''[[Barcarolle]]''' in [[F major]], Op. 108 is a chamber composition for a quartet consisting of [[violin]], [[cello]], [[Pump organ|harmonium]] (or [[Pipe organ|organ]]) and [[piano]]. Composed in 1898, the work also exists in a version for violin, cello, [[viola]] and piano created by the composer in 1909.<ref name="Fenech">{{harv|Fenech|2009}}</ref><ref name="Smith17">{{harv|Smith|1992|p=17}}</ref><ref name="Smith311" />
==Background==
The Barcarolle was Saint-Saëns's second attempt at composing for this combination of instruments, with an 1897 attempt being abandoned after five and a half pages.<ref name="Smith17" /> In 1865 he had composed the [[Serenade in E-flat major (Saint-Saëns)|Serenade Op. 15]] for a similar combination with a viola rather than a cello as the fourth instrument.<ref name="Smith81">{{harv|Smith|1992|p=81}}</ref>  In the first performance, which took place at the musical society [[La Trompette (musical society)|La Trompette]] on 18 May 1898, the piano was played by [[Louis Diémer]], the violin by Guillaume Rémy, the cello by [[Jules Delsart]], with the composer playing the harmonium.<ref name="Smith311">{{harv|Smith|1992|p=311}}</ref><ref name="Naxos">{{harv|Anderson|2013}}</ref><ref>{{harv|Ratner|2002|p=208}}</ref>
The work is dedicated to Antonio Jeanbernat, who initiated two festivals of Saint-Saëns' works in [[Barcelona]].<ref>{{harv|Ratner|2002|p=207}}</ref>
==Structure==
The composition is structured as a single movement marked ''[[Tempo#Italian tempo markings|Allegretto moderato]]''.<ref name="Smith311"/> Performance time is around 8 to 10 minutes.
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*{{cite AV media notes|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572904&catNum=572904&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|last=Anderson|first=Keith|title=Saint-Saëns, C.: Piano Quartet/Piano Quintet/Barcarolle|type=CD|id=8.572904|year=2013|publisher=[[Naxos Records]]|access-date=2014-09-22|archive-date=2016-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816152749/http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572904&catNum=572904&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/m/mdg31519a.php|last=Fenech|first=Gerald|title=Review of Saint-Saëns, Piano Quartets, MDG 9431519-6|year=2009|publisher=Classical Net|accessdate=23 February 2017}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rZzGPqNcXcC|last=Smith|first=Rollin|title=Saint-Saëns and the Organ|year=1992|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=978-0-945193-14-2}}
*{{cite book|last=Ratner|first=Sabina Teller|title=Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835–1922: A Thematic Catalogue of his Complete Works, Volume 1: The Instrumental Works|year=2002|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-816320-6}}
==External links==
*{{IMSLP|work=Barcarolle, Op.108 (Saint-Saëns, Camille)|cname=Barcarolle in F major, Op.108}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAIamAPqZ1c|title=Saint Saens - Barcarolle op. 108 for Violin, Cello, Harmonium & Piano|publisher=YouTube|date=30 April 2012}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng6XVlckUOA|title=Saint Saens - Barcarolle op. 108 for Violin, Cello, Viola & Piano|publisher=YouTube|date=16 August 2013}}
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