Felix Mendelssohn - Venetian Gondola Songs Piano (ed. U. Scheideler, R. Elvers, E. Herttrich fing. H. Theopold, A. Groethuysen) Henle Music Folios

Felix Mendelssohn - Venetian Gondola Songs (Piano). Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Edited by Ernst Herttrich, Rudolf Elvers, and Ullrich Scheideler. For Piano. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 28 pages. G. Henle #HN1172. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481172).

In autumn 1830 Mendelssohn Bartholdy visited Venice whilst on a great European tour and was intoxicated by his impressions. He said of the local gondoliers: ÒThe 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 nightÓ. Perhaps it was with this in mind that Mendelssohn wrote four Venetian Gondola Songs between 1830 and 1841.