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Tune of the Day: Estudiantina Waltz

The Estudiantina Waltz, also known as the “Band of Students” Waltz, is an arrangement made in 1883 by French composer Emile Waldteufel, based on a melody composed in 1881 by Paul Lacome.

The main melody is universally recognized by Americans of a certain age as the Rheingold Beer jingle that ran in the 1950s. Ironic that this melody, which many remember as the quintessential German Beer Hall tune, is actually of French, rather than German, origin; and was known as a French student song at first, then became famous as a piano duet, before it ever was heard in its now-familiar orchestral setting.

Thanks to Marina for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: The Rakes of Sollohod

This slip jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907.

Sollohod (or Solohod, or Solohead, formerly Sulcoit) is a townland in County Tipperary, Ireland, located near Limerick Junction. It was the site of a battle with the Danes in 968 AD, from which the hero Brian Boru emerged victorious.

Tune of the Day: Study in C minor by Gariboldi

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

Tune of the Day: Vivace by Loeillet

This Vivace in E minor is the fifth movement from Belgian Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's second book of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Adagio by Benedetto Marcello

This slow Adagio is the first movement of Benedetto Marcello's Sonata No. 2 in D minor for recorder and basso continuo. It features a beautiful main melody in a typical Italian Baroque style.

Thanks to Ana for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Ride a Mile

This melody is an old one, and known throughout Britain and Ireland. And as it often happens, the strains of this family of tunes have been variously combined and recombined with other strains and arranged in different orders, resulting in many different variants.

Under the title “Ride a Mile”, this jig can be traced back at least to the mid-19th century. It was included in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883), but also in the manuscript of musically-literate farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan from County Mayo, probably compiled around the 1860s.

Tune of the Day: Study in G major by Kummer

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