- Composer
- Mendelssohn, Felix
- Composed
- 1835
- Category
- Chamber Music
- Instrumentation
- piano
Description
This F-sharp minor piano piece closes the second book of Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words. Written in March 1835 as an album leaf for the pianist Henriette Voigt, who hosted a musical salon in Leipzig, it was published that spring as Op. 30 No. 6.
In a letter to a friend, Mendelssohn encouraged generous use of the pedal and a flowing performance that should not be too slow.
Versions
- Venetian Gondola Song, Op. 30 No. 6 — Original (piano)