Overture incorporating "God Save the King" at its climax). However, the overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1826) by Felix Mendelssohn is generally regarded as the first concert overture (Temperley 2001). Mendelssohn's other contributions to this genre include his "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" overture (1828), his overture "The Hebrides" (1830; also known as "Fingal's Cave") and the overtures "Die schöne Melusine" ("The Fair Melusine", 1834) and "Ruy Blas" (1839). Other notable early concert overtures were written by Hector Berlioz (e.g., "Les Francs juges" (1826), and "Le corsaire" (1828)). In the 1850s the concert overture began to be supplanted by the symphonic
Overture (The Who song) Overture (The Who song) "Overture" is a song by English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend. The track is one of three instrumental tracks released on "Tommy", although it does feature some lyrics towards the end; the other two being "Underture" and "Sparks". On 9 October 1970, the song was released as the b-side of "See Me, Feel Me" - which did not chart - and was titled "Overture from Tommy". As an overture the song features samples of Tommy's most famous songs: There is no pause between the tracks "Overture" and "It's a Boy" so the songs