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Tune of the Day: The Lady of the Lake

This tune has been widely disseminated across the British Isles, as well as in new England, though its origins appear to be Irish. It is at least as old as uilleann piper and cleric James Goodman's mid-19th-century music manuscripts.

To make things more confusing, there are numerous different tunes called “Lady of the Lake”, as well as a country dance, but this particular jig doesn't seem to be associated with any of them, in spite of its popularity.

Tune of the Day: The Swallows

This is étude No. 10 from Ernesto Köhler's 25 Romantic Studies, Op. 66. It alternates a 2/4-time Allegro in G major and a light Waltz in D major.

Tune of the Day: Andante sostenuto by Köhler

This is flute duet No. 14 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Forty Progressive Duets, Op. 55. In this piece the second flute does not merely accompany the first one: they both share the main melody.

Tune of the Day: Andante

The opening movement of Bach's Flute Sonata No. 4 is actually more of a “Presto”, although it begins with a measured “Andante” introduction. The flute plays nonstop throughout, and when it launches into the cadenza-like Presto proper, the accompaniment is reduced to a single, suspenseful, long-held chord. It's immediately clear that the flute part of this movement could easily stand alone.

Here are the following movements: Allegro, Adagio, Menuetto I and II.

Tune of the Day: The Humors of Castleoliver

This jig appears to be unique to Chicago Police captain Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in 1907.

Castle Oliver (also known as Clonodfoy) is a Victorian castle-style country house in the southern part of County Limerick, Ireland.

Tune of the Day: Study in B-flat major by Karg-Elert

This is the fifteenth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo. It is marked “mosso e leggerissimo”, which translates as “agitated and very light”.

Tune of the Day: La Claudine

This is the last duet in E minor from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.