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Tune of the Day: Allegro by John Ranish

This Allegro is the central movement of Sonata No. 3 in B minor from XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2 by English Baroque composer John Ranish.

Categories: Baroque Written for Flute

Tune of the Day: Sadi moma bela loza

This folk tune, whose title means “A girl planted a vine”, comes from Bulgaria. Those unaccustomed to odd rhythms could take its unevenness to be a mistake, but the tune is really in 7/8 time. The meter can be analyzed into three subgroups as slow-quick-quick or 3-2-2. Such meters in Bulgarian music can often be stretched, and some musicians play this song as 3-2-3 instead; however, Yves Moreau, who collected and taught the dance, endorses the rhythm of 7.

This is the tune used by Richard Stallman for “The Free Software Song”.

Categories: Dance music Traditional/Folk

Tune of the Day: Study in C major by Berbiguier

Today we propose an étude by Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier, taken from his book 18 exercices pour la flûte traversière. Berbiguier was a French flutist and composer of the Romantic Era. He was very prolific as a composer, having written 11 concertos for flute and orchestra and many flute duets, as well as two methods for the instrument.

Categories: Etudes Romantic Written for Flute

Tune of the Day: Duet in B minor by Köhler

Today's piece is duet No. 8 from the first volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies.

Thanks to Bruno for contributing this piece!

Categories: Romantic Written for Flute

Tune of the Day: Pastorale by Chédeville

This Pastorale for flute, cello and organ is taken from the fourth of the Il pastor fido sonatas, composed by Nicolas Chédeville but traditionally attributed to Antonio Vivaldi. This calm, graceful movement is marked “con tenerezza” (“with tenderness”) in some editions.

Thanks to Lucas for suggesting this piece!

Categories: Baroque

Tune of the Day: The Heights of Dargai

The heights of Dargai are a promontory in India, the site in 1897 of a charge by massed Highlanders. A famous military anecdote has it that one of the Scots pipers continued to play to inspire his comrades, though shot through both legs.

According to some sources, the tune was composed as a retreat march by piper James Wallace. It is interesting to note that a “retreat march” is not necessarily a march-time tune which would be marched to. Instead, it was often played as part of the evening ritual in military camps as day duties gave way to night ones. It was not linked to the military maneuver of retreating from battle, but was linked to the idea of refuge and safety in the camp.

Categories: Celtic Music Traditional/Folk

Tune of the Day: Two Gavottes by J.S. Bach

This pair of gavottes constitutes the fifth movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012. As is always the case in suites, remember that the first gavotte is repeated once after the second gavotte.

Categories: Baroque Gavottes