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Tune of the Day: Os pintinhos no terreiro

“Os pintinhos no terreiro" (which translates as “The Chicks in the Yard”) is a famous Brazilian choro composed by Zequinha de Abreu in 1932. Much like his world-famous “Tico-Tico no Fubá”, this piece features a fast, “hopping” melody that mimics the quick movements of little chicks scratching around a farmyard.

Thanks to Bruno for suggesting this tune!

Tune of the Day: Come In From the Rain

This minor-mode jig is taken from Chicago Police captain Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in 1907.

Tune of the Day: Study in F-sharp minor by Karg-Elert

This étude in articulation is the eleventh piece from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: Duet in D minor by Köhler

This is duet No. 3 from the first volume of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian Romantic composer Ernesto Köhler. It is marked con tristezza, which means “with sadness”, and a sense of sadness is indeed conveyed by the use of a minor key.

Tune of the Day: Souvenir des Alpes

Theobald Boehm, the inventor who perfected the modern Western concert flute and its improved fingering system, was also a virtuoso flutist as well as a celebrated composer for the instrument. This “Souvenir of the Alps”, written in 1852, is the fifth of a set of six such pieces.

Tune of the Day: The Humors of Ballinafauna

This tune is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. It is a variation on an older tune, “Jackson's Coggie in the Morning”, which had appeared in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes around 1805.

Tune of the Day: Study in D minor by Köhler

This étude in D minor is taken from the second book of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian composer Ernesto Köhler.