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Tune of the Day: Drops of Brandy

This tune is very old, and although it has always been very popular in Ireland, it might have first originated in Scotland. Its earliest known appearance is in the Scottish Drummond Castle Manuscript, which is inscribed “A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734”.

“Drops of Brandy” is also the name of a specific country dance known throughout the British Isles. O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913) tells us that in Ireland “a special dance was performed to the melody”, and indeed, “Drops of Brandy” is a favorite tune for solo step dancing competitions.

Tune of the Day: Study in A-flat major by Kummer

This is the thirteenth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.

Tune of the Day: Presto by Telemann

This is the second movement from the sixth of Telemann's Sonates sans Basse à deux Flutes traverses, ou à deux Violons, ou à deux Flutes à bec, or “Sonatas without Bass for Two Transverse Flutes, or Two Violins, or Two Recorders”.

Tune of the Day: Avec la garde montante

This number is taken from the beginning of Act I of Bizet's famous opera Carmen. The act is set in a square in the Spanish city of Seville. From a distance is heard a military march, followed by a band of urchins for the changing of the guard, singing:

With the mounting guard, we arrive; here we are!
Sound, dazzling trumpet! Ta ra ta ta ta ra ta ta.
We march, heads high, like little soldiers,
Marking, without making a mistake,
One, two, marking the step.

Tune of the Day: Comb Your Hair and Curl It

The earliest known appearance of this 9/8-time jig is found in Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907.

Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Gariboldi

Today we present the eleventh study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.

Tune of the Day: Allegro by Loeillet

This Allegro in E minor is taken from Belgian Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's second book of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!