Mendelssohn: Venetian Gondola Songs

Description

In autumn 1830 Mendelssohn Mendelssohn visited Venice whilst on a great European tour and was intoxicated by his impressions. He said of the local gondoliers: The gondoliers are now crying out to one another again, and the lights are reflected deep in the water; one is playing the guitar and singing. It is a merry night. Perhaps it was with this in mind that Mendelssohn wrote four Venetian Gondola Songs between 1830 and 1841.

Pieces

• Andante sostenuto in G Minor (Venetian Gondola Song No. 1), MWV U 78, Op. 19b, No. 6
• Song Without Words (Venetian Gondola Song), MWV U 110, Op. 30, No. 6
• Gondola Song in A Major, MWV U 136, WoO 10
• Song Without Words (Venetian Gondola Song), MWV U 151, Op. 62, No. 5