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Tune of the Day: Fantasia for Solo Flute No. 1

Telemann's first Fantasia for Solo Flute is in the key of A major. Because the piece was designed to be played with no continuo accompaniment, the flute's single line assumes various roles simultaneously, sometimes soaring to a high note before quickly dipping down to provide a closing cadential figure. A prime example can be found in the middle section of the opening Vivace, where Telemann created the illusion of a fugal texture by rapidly sending the flute across registers to intermittently execute quasi-contrapuntal figurations. This piece is also typical in its alternation of slow and fast sections, marked “ad.” and “all.” for “adagio” and “allegro” respectively. The fantasia ends with a binary-form (AABB) passepied in 3/8 time, a lively dance music form that originated in Brittany in the 17th-century.

Thanks to Anne for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Dever the Dancer

The earliest appearance of this slip jig is found in Book 3 of Stephen Grier's manuscript collection, dated 1883.

The tune was notably recorded under the title “Paschal's” by the Irish folk group Na Fili in 1971.

Tune of the Day: Study in F major by Kummer

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

Tune of the Day: Vivace by Scherer

This 3/4-time Vivace is the third movement of a Sonata in D major for three flutes written by Johann Scherer, a German composer of the 18th century.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Andantino by Platti

Today we propose the third movement of a Sonata for flute and basso continuo in D major, penned by Italian Baroque composer Giovanni Platti around 1743.

Thanks to Doug for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Tipperary Hills

This 9/8 time jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907. The tune probably descended from an older one, known in England and Scotland as “Andrew Carey”.

Sitting right at the heart of Ireland's lush midlands, County Tipperary is quite well known for its rolling hills, valleys, and majestic mountain ranges.

Tune of the Day: Study in G major by Gariboldi

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