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    Do Venetian gondoliers actually sing opera type songs as they pole around the city?

    Question #106266. Asked by Rowena8482. (Jun 12 09 2:16 AM)


    star_gazer

    		They didn't when I was there about three years ago.

    Jun 12 09, 2:36 AM
    laoi

    		I guess it depends on the gondolier. The assumption that all gondolier's sing may be based on the fact that Felix Felix Mendelssohn wrote 3 Venetian Boat Songs:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Felix_Mendelssohn

    Jun 12 09, 2:43 AM

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