Free Flute Sheet Music

Tune of the Day: Si un jour

This tune was originally composed by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi for the overture to his opera La Forza del Destino (“The Force of Destiny”), which premiered in 1862. In 1986, the theme was rearranged by Jean-Claude Petit for use in the French historical drama film Jean de Florette, which brought it to a huge audience.

Although both the original opera version and the film version were purely instrumental, lyrics were later added, giving birth to the song “Si un jour” (“If one day”). One of the best recent recordings of this piece is by the British soprano Natasha Marsh on her 2007 album Amour.

Tune of the Day: The Market Girl

This jig is first found in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, published in Boston in 1883, in which the composition is attributed to one J. Sullivan.

Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Gariboldi

This is étude No. 14 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: La Molesse

Here is another duet from Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's 55 Easy Pieces, Op. 22. It is titled “La Molesse”, or “The Softness”.

Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

There are 66 pieces in ten volumes comprising Grieg's Lyric Pieces for solo piano, and “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen” is probably the most popular work in the group. Actually, this music does not quite depict a wedding day; rather, it represents the happy recollection of the composer and his wife Nina's 25th wedding anniversary celebration, which took place in 1892 at their residence at Troldhaugen (“Troll Hill”). Grieg is reputed to have said that children called the nearby small valley “The Valley of Trolls” (the large, fearless creatures from Norse mythology) and thus gave the name for his building as well.

The piece is in ABA form. The mood of the music is bright and utterly joyous in the outer sections, but more intimate and nostalgic in the central G-major panel.

Tune of the Day: May Be I Will

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

Tune of the Day: Study in G minor by Köhler

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