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This tune appears to be unique to Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music Of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907. It is however related to an older Irish tune with an almost identical title, “Old Hag You Have Killed Me”.
This easy étude in A minor and F major is taken from the second book of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian composer Ernesto Köhler.
Everybody knows Pachelbel's Canon, but the Gigue that originally accompanied it never received the same amount of popularity, even though it is a lively and energetic dance. Just like the Canon, Pachelbel composed it near the end of the 17th century, but it remained forgotten for centuries and was rediscovered only in the 20th century.
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Alexander Borodin wrote his String Quartet No. 2 very quickly during August 1881. The Russian composer dedicated it to his wife Ekaterina, and it was written as an evocation of when they met and fell in love 20 years earlier.
The main theme of the third movement of this quartet, the Nocturne, is often performed in string orchestra arrangements, and probably constitutes Borodin's most famous piece of music. In the original score, the theme is initially introduced by the cello (which represents the composer, an amateur player himself), and soon passes to the first violin (which portrays Ekaterina).
This long, tender melody also appears in the 1953 musical Kismet, with the title “And This is My Beloved”. The adaptation was done by Robert Wright and George Forrest, who really specialized in turning melodies from classical music into film scores and popular songs.
This melody is found in the manuscripts of several 19th-century music collectors, including George Petrie, John Edward Pigot, and Henry Hudson. George Petrie noted it was “A Connemara tune”.
The tune was usually recorded as “An Púca”, or “The Pooca”, referring to a mythical creature of Celtic and English folklore, a shapeshifter considered to be bringer of both good and bad fortune. The title “The Fairy Jig” appears to be due to Chicago Police officer and music collector Francis O'Neill.
Here is another étude by Danish flutist Joachim Andersen. This Andante sostenuto in E major is study No. 9 from his Twenty-Four Etudes for Flute, Op. 33.
Come ye Sons of Art is one of Henry Purcell's most elaborate, most important and most magnificent works. It was written in 1694 as a birthday ode for Queen Mary II of England, using a text by Irish poet Nahum Tate.
Come, ye Sons of Art, come away,
Tune all your voices and instruments play
To celebrate this triumphant day.
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