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Tune of the Day: Yellow Legs

The earliest appearance of this slip jig, under the title “Cusabue Ord” (probably a mangled version of the Irish “Cosa Buidhe Arda”, meaning “Long Yellow Legs”), is in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, published in London around 1805. The tune was also notably included, as “Cogue in the Evening”, in the mid-19th-century manuscripts of collector James Goodman, who attributed it to the famous 18th-century uilleann piper Walker ‛Piper’ Jackson from County Limerick.

Tune of the Day: Study by Karg-Elert

Today we propose the twenty-sixth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo. The quintuplets should at first be practiced as if they were made up of two sixteenth notes followed by a triplet; later, the five notes must be equally balanced.

Tune of the Day: Duet in D major by Hugues

This is the third 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: Nocturne No. 21 in C minor

Though this is listed as the last of the 21 nocturnes of Chopin, it was chronologically his 13th. For those attaching superstitious significance to that numbered position, they will not find this an unlucky piece in any sense. The only problem with this posthumous nocturne actually concerns numbering: in many editions it is not numbered at all, while some refer to it as No. 21 or No. 20a, and some other as KKIVb No. 8

Thanks to Melissa for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Roudledum

This slip jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907. Although that seems to be the earliest appearance of this specific setting, this is clearly a member of a family of tunes which has been around since the first half of the 19th century.

Tune of the Day: Trills and Appoggiaturas

This is étude No. 17 from Ernesto Köhler's 25 Romantic Studies, Op. 66. As the title says, it is intended to be a study in ornaments and grace notes, with particular attention to trills and short appoggiaturas (also known as acciaccaturas).

Tune of the Day: Allegro by Scherer

This is the first movement of the second Sonata for three flutes by Johann Scherer.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!