A major, 2/4 time. At the beginning, there is an instruction to play "not fast, but with a rich singing quality," and tempo indications are also found within the piece. Next to the title is the date "November 4, 1847," but the printed source bore the title "In Memory of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who died on November 4, 1847, at the age of 38." Thus, this work was composed in remembrance of Mendelssohn's death. It is modeled after Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, and the instruction at the beginning precisely confirms this. Mendelssohn was Marie's godfather.