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Tune of the Day: Study in E-flat major by Hugues

Today's piece is the thirty-first study from 40 Esercizi per Flauto (40 Exercises for Flute), Op. 101, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.

Tune of the Day: Two Menuets by Montéclair

These two minuets constitute the second movement of the first of six Concerts à deux Flutes Traversières sans Basse by the French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. Here the French word concert is a synonym of “suite”, and has nothing to do with the Italian concerto.

Tune of the Day: Largo by Boismortier

This is the opening movement of the first sonata from Sonates pour la flûte traversière avec la basse, Op. 19 by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. These sonatas were originally published in Paris in 1727.

Tune of the Day: Dwa serduszka

This traditional Polish love song was recently made internationally famous by the 2018 movie Cold War (Zimna wojna), directed by Paweł Pawlikowski. The song appears throughout the film in a variety of arrangements, speaking of “two hearts, four eyes” and a love that can never be.

Thanks to Vikki for suggesting this tune!

Tune of the Day: Study in C minor by Kummer

This is the twentieth piece from 24 Etudes mélodiques, Op. 110 by German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer. This collection has also been published in English as 24 Melodic Exercises.

Tune of the Day: Duet in D major by Devienne

This lovely little duet is taken from the Nouvelle Méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte by French flutist and composer François Devienne, published in 1794.

Tune of the Day: Capriccio in F major by Quantz

This capriccio is one of 24 pieces attributed to the famous German flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz to have survived in a manuscript titled Fantasier og Preludier. 8. Capricier og andre Stykker til Øvelse for Flöÿten af Quanz (“Fantasies and Preludes. 8 Caprices and other Pieces for Exercise for the Flute by Quantz”). This manuscript has been kept in the Giedde Collection (named after its founder, Danish composer W.H.R.R. Giedde) in the Royal Library of Copenhagen, which hosts a fairly comprehensive collection of flute music from the second half of the 18th century.