The country that we will be doing on is Italy, Venice. We will be presenting to you the culture of the music as people row their gondoliers in Venice.

These men (and now women,too) who tend the black flat bottomed boats called gondolas that are the main transport through the waterways of Venice are called gondoliers . They sing barcaroles to keep tempo for their rowing. The profession has been around since the 11th century.

The music is made as a tradition as they row their boat so as to be able to keep their tempo when rowing. 

 

Those people are called gondoliers (in italian gondolieri) because they work on boats called gondolas (gondole in italian). They are typical oarsmen of the city of Venice.