 Throughout his career he wrote a number of other concert overtures . Those most frequently played today include an overture to Ruy Blas , commissioned for a charity performance of Victor Hugo 's drama , which Mendelssohn hated ; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage ( <unk> und <unk> <unk> ) , inspired by a pair of poems by Goethe ; and The Fair Melusine . 
