Path 12
Romantic piano
Eleven short pieces from Field to Grieg, each holding one mood.
Field → Schubert → Mendelssohn → Chopin → Schumann → Liszt → Tchaikovsky → Rachmaninoff → Brahms → Grieg
Songs Without Words: No. 6 in G minor, Op. 19b No. 6
This guide follows Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words: No. 6 in G minor, Op. 19b No. 6 “Venetian Boat Song” (1830) in one part.
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A prelude of lapping figures in G minor sets the boat moving. In Part I a melancholy love song enters, its melody doubled in thirds and sixths. Part II is a little more broken and restless, and the song is briefly recalled. Two short sections follow, in which the lapping figures fade into darkness.
- Prelude
- Part I
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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