Alexander Glazunov wrote one of these pieces in which the right hand plays only black keys.
Alexander Glazunov wrote one of these pieces in which the right hand plays only black keys. Other ones composed for piano include the second movement of Bartok's suite Out of Doors and "June" from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. Five kings sing one of these pieces on a raft in the second act of Bernstein's opera Candide. The first two books of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words both end with one of these pieces. Near the end of his life, Chopin wrote his only piece of this type, which is in F sharp major. Another of these pieces, "Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour," is sung by a character to the courtesan Guiletta; that one was composed by Jacques Offenbach and opens the third act of The Tales of Hoffman. For 10 points, name this type of boat song which imitates the rhythm of a Venetian gondola.
Alexander Glazunov wrote one of these pieces in which the right hand plays only black keys.
barcarolle [accept "Venetian boat song" or "Venetian gondola song" before mentioned]