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Welcome to your daily source of free flute sheet music. Our commitments:
- Every day you will find a new piece of printable flute music to sight-read.
- No matter if you are a beginner or an expert: the pieces span across all levels of difficulty.
- If you're a teacher, here you'll find a great deal of free sheet music to use with your students… And to enjoy yourself, too!
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Sunday 7 March 2021
Traditional English jig
This jig setting seems to predate the reel of the same name that has been quite popular in Ireland, at least in printed collections. All versions of this “Wild Irishman” appear to have developed from a melody printed by London music publisher Henry Playford in 1688, titled “Fourpence Ha'penny Farthing.”
Saturday 6 March 2021
from “24 Daily Studies”
This is the fourteenth piece from 24 Tägliche Studien (24 Daily Studies) by German flutist and composer Anton Bernhard Fürstenau, first published in Berlin in 1839.
Friday 5 March 2021
arranged for two flutes
Today we propose a nice arrangement for two flutes of “Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue”, taken from Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine (Philadelphia, 1833). Therein, the piece is attributed to English musician Alexander Lee, but it is uncertain whether the melody was Lee's original invention or he borrowed it from English tradition.
Thursday 4 March 2021
from Recorder Sonata in B-flat major
This is the second movement of the ninth sonata from Sonate a flauto solo con cembalo, o violoncello (“Sonatas for solo flute with harpsichord or cello”) by Italian Baroque composer Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, originally published in Venice in 1720.
This movement has actually no tempo indication in the original manuscript, but it sometimes appears as an “Allegro” in modern editions.
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Traditional Irish/English hornpipe
The first known appearance of this tune in print is in Volume 4 of James Kerr's Merry Melodies (ca. 1880), as “English Clog Hornpipe”.
The tune is very popular in County Donegal, Ireland, where it is often played in A major. It has also had enough currency in Northumberland to be considered local, with origins perhaps in the Irish migrant labor attracted by opportunities in the Tyneside dockyards. One local Northumbrian name for the hornpipe is “Whittle Dene”.
Thanks to Phil for suggesting this tune!
Tuesday 2 March 2021
from “30 Studies”
This study is the thirtieth piece from 30 Studi, Op. 32, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
Monday 1 March 2021
from Flute Duet No. 5 in D major
Today we propose the slow central movement of a Flute Duet in D major by famous German flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz, first published in 1759.