No. 1, "Gondoliera" (The Gondola Woman), takes its theme from Giovanni Battista Perucchini's canzonetta La biondina in gondoleta (The Blonde Girl in the Little Gondola). It is a light and bright piece, evoking the ever-changing expressions of waves and light. Notably, the end of this first piece and the second piece are demarcated by a double bar line.