Sheet Music: An Italian Ground

TitleAn Italian Ground
from The Division Flute, Part II
ComposerTraditional
InstrumentationFlute and bass instrument
KeyD minor
RangeG4–C6
Time signature3/4
Tempo40 BPM
Performance time4:00
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2011-02-08
Last updated2011-02-08
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Tuesday 8 February 2011

Tune of the Day: An Italian Ground

from “The Division Flute”

This piece is taken from the second volume of The Division Flute, published in London in 1708 and originally conceived for recorder and bass instrument. Both the tune and the ground bass are certainly older, and had already appeared under the title “Divisions on an Italian Ground” in Robert Carr's The Delightful Companion; or, Choice new lessons for the Recorder or Flute, first published in 1682.