The Hebrides (overture) The Hebrides (overture) Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture The Hebrides (; ) was composed in 1830, revised in 1832, and published the next year as his Op. 26. Some consider it an early tone poem. It was inspired by one of Mendelssohn's trips to the British Isles, specifically an 1829 excursion to the Scottish island of Staffa, with its basalt sea cave known as Fingal's Cave. It is not known whether Mendelssohn set foot on the island, the cave being best visible from the water, but the composer reported that he immediately jotted down the opening theme for his composition. He
Overture as his "Tragic Overture", Op. 81. An example clearly influenced by the symphonic poem is Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture". His equally well-known "Romeo and Juliet" is also labelled a 'fantasy-overture'. In European music after 1900, an example of an overture displaying a connection with the traditional form is Dmitri Shostakovich's "Festive Overture", Op. 96 (1954), which is in two linked sections, "Allegretto" and "Presto" (Temperely 2001). Malcolm Arnold's "A Grand, Grand Overture", Op. 57 (1956), is a 20th-century parody of the late 19th century concert overture, scored for an enormous orchestra with organ, additional brass instruments, and obbligato parts for four