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The Hebrides (overture)
The concert overture ''The Hebrides'' ((ドイツ語:Die Hebriden)), Op. 26, also known as ''Fingal's Cave'' (''Die Fingalshöhle''), was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830. The piece was inspired by Mendelssohn's visit to Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa, located in the Hebrides archipelago off the west coast of Scotland. As was common in the Romantic era, this is not an overture in the sense that it precedes a play or opera; it is a concert overture, a stand-alone musical selection, and has now become part of standard orchestral repertoire. The piece was dedicated to King Frederick William IV of Prussia (then Crown Prince of Prussia).
==Background==
Mendelssohn's first visit to England in 1829 resulted from invitations by Sir George Smart and the Philharmonic Society.〔Sir George Smart, ''Leaves from the Journal of Sir George Smart'', London, 1907, p. 64, pp. 207-10.〕 Following his tour of England, Mendelssohn proceeded to Scotland, where he began work on his Symphony No. 3, ''Scottish''.〔See ("The Journey North" ) in (''Mendelssohn in Scotland'' ) website, accessed 9 January 2015.〕 He was engaged on a tour of Scotland with his travelling companion Karl Klingemann when he sent a postcard to his family with the opening phrase of the overture written on it. In a note to his sister, Fanny Mendelssohn he said: "In order to make you understand how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me, I send you the following, which came into my head there."〔 The cave at that time was approximately high and over deep, and contained black basalt pillars.
The work was completed on 16 December 1830〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Program Notes: Mendelssohn: "Hebrides" Overture )〕 and was originally entitled ''Die einsame Insel'' (''The Lonely Island''). However, Mendelssohn later revised the score, completing it by 20 June 1832,〔 and renamed the piece ''Die Hebriden'' (''The Hebrides''). Despite this, the title of ''Fingal's Cave'' was also used: on the orchestral parts he labelled the music ''The Hebrides'', but on the score Mendelssohn labelled the music ''Fingal's Cave''.〔 The overture was premiered on 14 May 1832 in London,〔 in a concert that also featured Mendelssohn's ''Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
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