Staffa
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Staffa is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it the name because its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were constructed using vertical lo
Sea cliffs
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Engraving based on sketches made of Fingal's Cave by John Cleveley Jnr. published in 1772
Engraving of Fingal's Cave by James Fittler in Scotia Depicta, 1804
The Hebrides (overture)
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The Hebrides is a concert overture that was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830, revised in 1832, and published the next year as Mendelssohn's Op. 26. Some consider it an early tone poem.
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…followed by those of many other prominent people during the next two centuries, including John Keats, Queen Victoria and Felix Mendelssohn. The latter's Hebrides Overture brought further fame to the island, which was by then uninhabited. It is now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. In prehistoric times…
Sketch of a view from the Firth of Forth, looking towards Arthur’s Seat and Edinburgh in Scotland by Felix Mendelssohn, in his letter of 1 August 1829 to his sister Fanny
Initial sketch for the theme, found in a letter dated 7 August 1829 to his sister Fanny (original in the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
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