Friday 22 January 2021
This (apparently arbitrarily named) polka is taken from Francis O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, published in Chicago in 1922.
This spirited tune was found among the [Chicago Police Sergeant James] O'Neill manuscript but without a title. With a view to its identification in the Index we have named it.
Thursday 21 January 2021
This study is the twenty-fifth piece from 30 Studi, Op. 32, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
Wednesday 20 January 2021
This march is attributed to Hortense de Beauharnais, the stepdaughter of French Emperor Napoleon I and Queen consort of Holland. Though she did not have any known education in composition, it is said that she was a very talented singer and pianist, and an acclaimed amateur composer.
A knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. The adjective “errant” (meaning “wandering”) indicates how the knight-errant would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his virtues, either in knightly duels or in the pursuit of courtly love.
The present arrangement for two flutes is taken from Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in Philadelphia in 1833.
Tuesday 19 January 2021
from Violin Sonata in G minor, transcribed for flute and keyboard
This gigue is the fifth and last movement of Italian Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli's Violin Sonata No. 5 in G minor, which was originally published in 1700 as part of his 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 5.
Monday 18 January 2021
This quadrille set is taken from Francis O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, published in Chicago in 1922. It cites as the source the manuscripts in the possession of his colleague, Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill.
Sunday 17 January 2021
Today we propose the eighth study from 24 Tägliche Studien (24 Daily Studies) by German flutist and composer Anton Bernhard Fürstenau, first published in Berlin in 1839.
Saturday 16 January 2021
from “20 Easy and Melodic Studies”
Today's piece is duet No. 10 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies.