Venetianisches Gondellied

Song TitleVenetianisches Gondellied (Search)
Composer(s):Felix Mendelssohn
Author(s):Ferdinand Freiligrath (after Thomas Moore)
Keyword(s) & Features: Air; Breathing; Clouds; Coming; Connections; Couples; Evening; Gondoliers; Hovering; Italy; Knowing; Lagoons; Love; Lust; Masks; Masquerades; Meeting; Moon; Night; Ninetta; Piazzettas; Recognizing; Resemblance; Reunions; Safety; Seducing; Silence; Stars; Trembling; Whispering
First LineWenn durch die Piazetta (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1842 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=19234
Larger Work6 Lieder, Op. 57 (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/34/IMSLP52519-PMLP22675-Mendelssohn_Op_57.pdf#page=11
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldR27axlyew
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/venetianisches-gondellied/
Catalog DesignationOp. 57 no. 5 (Search)
Range: E4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
ContributorAL (Search)
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