It recycles the military march originally used in its composer's drama "Homecoming from Abroad.
It recycles the military march originally used in its composer's drama "Homecoming from Abroad." First conceived at Oban, it includes a section describing a formation at Staffa and was composed during a period of popular favor for the Ossian poems. Introducing the composer's ideas on the symphonic poem which were further developed in his 1835 Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, it was originally titled "The Lonely Island" and depicts the waves on a beach, columns of basalt, and the large size of the cavern which inspired it. For 10 points, name this overture, composed during Felix Mendelssohn's visit to the islands on the northwest of Scotland.
It recycles the military march originally used in its composer's drama "Homecoming from Abroad.
the {Hebrides} overture [or Die {Hebriden}; or {Fingal’s Cave}; or {Fingals Höhle}; accept The {Lonely Island} before it is read]