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Tune of the Day: My Mind Will Never Be “Aisy”

This 9/8-time jig is taken from O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907. “Aisy” is just an old form of the word “easy”, still used by a lot of people in Ireland.

The tune is almost certainly a descendant of a Scottish air and dance tune known as “Woo'd and Married and a'”, dating back to the early 18th century.

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

This piece, to be played “a little bit agitated, but well-phrased”, is the twenty-seventh étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: Duet in B minor by Hugues

This is the fourth duet from La scuola del flauto (The School of the Flute) by Italian composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.

Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Finale from The Carnival of the Animals

As the name says, this fourteenth movement is the grand finale of Saint-Saëns's most famous work, Le Carnaval des Animaux. This piece can be heard in the animated Disney film Fantasia 2000, in which a flock of flamingos is annoyed by another flamingo playing with a yo-yo and attempt to make him fall into step with their dance routines. It is important to observe that, although the melody of the Finale is relatively simple, the supporting harmonies which show up in the original arrangement are heavily ornamented with dazzling scales, glissandi and trills.

Thanks to Luis for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Give Us a Drink of Water

The earliest appearance of this slip jig is in Chicago Police captain Francis O'Neill's collection Music of Ireland, published in 1903. Quite suitably, the tune is also known as “There is No Milk in the House”.

Tune of the Day: The Spinning Wheel

Today we propose étude No. 15 from Italian flutist and composer Ernesto Köhler's 25 Romantic Studies, Op. 66. You should give the impression that this piece is played by two flutists, one playing the melodic phrase and the other playing the accompaniment.

Tune of the Day: Andante by Scherer

This is the second movement of a Sonata in E written for three German flutes by Johann Scherer, a German composer of the 18th century.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!