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Hebrides and Fingal's
The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn while residing on these islands, while Granville Bantock composed the Hebridean Symphony.
In 1829 Felix Mendelssohn was inspired to visit the Hebrides and composed the Hebrides Overture, better known as " Fingal's Cave ".
The Romantic generation of tourists might not actually visit Fingal's Cave, located in the isolated Hebrides, but they heard of it, perhaps through Felix Mendelssohn's " Hebrides Overture ", better known as " Fingal's Cave ," which was inspired by his visit.
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, part of a National Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn visited in 1829 and wrote Die Hebriden ( in English, Hebrides Overture Opus 26, commonly known as Fingal's Cave overture ), inspired by the weird echoes in the cave.
The work has its origins, like the composer's Scottish Symphony and the orchestral overture The Hebrides ( Fingal's Cave ), in the tour of Europe which occupied Mendelssohn from 1829 to 1831.
Hebrides and Cave
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Fingal's and Cave
This includes the first London performance of his concert overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream and his trip to Fingal's Cave.
This includes the first London performance of his concert overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream and his trip to Fingal's Cave.
Fingal's Cave in Scotland is also named after him, and shares the feature of hexagonal basalt columns with the nearby Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
From among the paintings Turner had on hand and was willing to sell for £ 500, Leslie selected and shipped the 1832 atmospheric seascape Staffa, Fingal's Cave.
He and his fellow travellers extolled the natural beauty of the basalt columns in general and of the island's main sea cavern which Banks renamed ' Fingal's Cave '.
Staffa's most famous feature is Fingal's Cave, a large sea cave located near the southern tip of the island some 20 m high and 75 m long formed in cliffs of hexagonal basalt columns.
The original gaelic name for Fingal's Cave is An Uamh Bhin – " the melodious cave " – but it was subsequently renamed after the 3rd-century Irish warrior Fionn MacCool.
The bird hops in time to Felix Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture, utterly disregarding any obstacles or dangers.
The Fingal's Cave Overture begins playing, the mynah bird lets himself out of his cage, kicks Bobby into a streetlight, then returns to his cage.
The " causeway " legend corresponds with geological history in as much as there are similar basalt formations ( a part of the same ancient lava flow ) at the site of Fingal's Cave on the isle of Staffa in Scotland.
Other notable sites include Svartifoss in Skaftafell National Park in Iceland, Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, Fingal's Cave in Scotland, Titan's Piazza of the Mount Holyoke Range in Massachusetts, the Garni Gorge in Armenia, the Cyclopean Isles near Sicily, Sheepeater Cliff at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Prismas Basálticos in Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico, the " Organ Pipes " formation on Mount Cargill in New Zealand, Gilbert Hill in Mumbai, Organ Pipes National Park in Australia and the " Column Cape " ( Russian: Mis Stolbchaty ) on Kunashir Island, the southernmost of the Kuril Islands.
Smaller uninhabited islands include Eorsa, Gometra, Little Colonsay, the Treshnish Isles and Staffa of Fingal's Cave fame.
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