The Hebrides (overture) a concert conducted by Thomas Attwood, that also featured Mendelssohn's "Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream". The final revision was completed by 20 June 1832. and premiered on 10 January 1833 in Berlin under the composer's own baton. The music, though labelled as an overture, is intended to stand as a complete work. Although programme music, it does not tell a specific story and is not "about" anything; instead, the piece depicts a mood and "sets a scene", making it an early example of such musical tone poems. The overture consists of two primary themes; the opening notes of the
Cuban Overture "Échale Salsita". Other songs referenced by the piece's themes and phrases include the traditional folk song La Paloma. The overture is in ternary form. The work under the title "Rumba" received its première at New York's now-demolished Lewisohn Stadium on 16 August 1932, as part of an all-Gershwin programme held by New York Philharmonic. The concert was a huge success. As Gershwin wrote: The work was greeted favorably by critics. It was renamed "Cuban Overture" three months later at a benefit concert conducted by Gershwin at the Metropolitan Opera to avoid giving audience the idea that it was simply a