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Tune of the Day: The Cuckoo

This air appears in Francis O'Neill's collection Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, published in Chicago in 1922. The cited source is a Miss Lucy Ray.

Tune of the Day: Study in G major by Prill

This is the third piece from 24 Etüden zur Förderung der Technik (24 Studies for the Development of Technique), Op. 12, by German flutist Emil Prill. It was first published in Bremen in 1913.

Tune of the Day: Favorite Gallopade

This flute duet is taken from Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in Philadelphia in 1833. After the title, a mysterious “Mrs. G.” is referenced, possibly a singer with whom the tune was associated at the time. Several compositions were published in the early 19th-century under the title “Favorite Gallopade”, but unfortunately we were unable to track the origins of this particular piece. If you recognize the tune, please let us know!

Tune of the Day: The Kalandar Prince from Scheherazade

Today we present a transcription for solo flute of the themes from “The Kalandar Prince”, the second movement of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's 1888 symphonic suite Scheherazade.

The first part of the Andantino, played by a bassoon in the original, provides some excellent low-register practice. If your flute doesn't have a B foot, you can simply skip straight to the oboe reprise at measure 26, which is largely the same but one octave higher.

Thanks to Janset for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: The Lamentation of Aughrim

The Battle of Aughrim, fought on July 12th 1691 near Ballinasloe, County Galway, pitted the Irish forces against the English. The Irish Commander, General St. Ruth, and some 7000 of his troops were killed, the “flower of their army and nation”. It was a devastating defeat, and the cause of much sorrow in Ireland. In Minstrelsy of Ireland (1897), Alfred Moffat says the air “probably dates from the terrible battle”.

Thomas Moore used the melody for his song “Forget not the Field” in Volume VII of his Irish Melodies (1818).

Tune of the Day: Study in A minor by Hugues

This study in triplets is the tenth piece from 30 Studi, Op. 32, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.

Tune of the Day: Duet in A minor by Berbiguier

This is the tenth duet from Trente-six Petits Duos Mélodiques Faciles et Chantants pour deux Flûtes (36 Easy Flute Duets) by French Romantic composer Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier. It is written in the style of a villanella, a form of Italian part-song that originated in Naples in the 16th century.