![]() ![]() She was a singer, and entertained the group with Fauré's new composition. Among Singer's other guests were the painter Ernest Ange Duez and his wife Amélie. He was staying in the Palazzo Volkoff (or Wolkoff) on the Grand Canal, as a guest of Winnaretta Singer, the future Princess de Polignac. Composition įauré composed the first song, "Mandoline", in May 1891 in Venice. He used a similar technique for his later song cycle La bonne chanson, which was also based on Verlaine's poetry. ![]() According to Fauré himself, the song cycle contains a number of musical themes which recur from song to song. Composed in 1891, the cycle is based on five poems by Paul Verlaine, from the collections Fêtes galantes and Romances sans paroles. Palazzo Barbaro-Wolkoff (centre), Venice, where Fauré stayed in 1891Ĭinq mélodies "de Venise", Op. 58, is a song cycle by Gabriel Fauré, of five mélodies for voice and piano. ![]()
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