A berceuse is "a musical composition usually in 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 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, Liszt, and Balakirev, which are all in D. Music Berceuse pour deux notes qui cornent (for two notes which continue), for organ, JA 7, by Jehan Alain 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 References Musical forms Lullabies