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Tune of the Day: Fantasia for Solo Flute No. 7

Telemann's seventh Fantasia for solo flute is in the majestic key of D major. The opening movement, rightly marked “Alla Francese”, has the attitude of a French overture, and sports a series of regal dotted rhythms, which are usually played in a very incisive manner. A rondeau in 3/8 time follows, which culminates in a repetition of the initial rhythmic pattern. A ternary-form Presto closes this Fantasia in worthy manner, reverting back to 4/4 time and introducing a very fast, brilliant final theme.

Tune of the Day: Goober Peas

This traditional folk song probably originated in the Southern United States. It was popular with Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, has been recorded by many artists over the years, and is still frequently sung in the South to this day.

The lyrics of “Goober Peas” are a description of daily life during the latter part of the Civil War for Southerners. After being cut off from the rail lines and their farm land, they had little to eat aside from boiled peanuts (or “goober peas”) which often served as an emergency ration. Peanuts were also known as pindars and goobers.

The earliest sheet music for the song was published in New Orleans in 1866 by A. E. Blackmar, who humorously lists A. Pindar as the lyricist and P. Nutt as the composer.

Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Kummer

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

Tune of the Day: Larghetto by Quantz

This is the slow central movement of a Flute Duet in G major that the famous German flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz composed in 1759.

Tune of the Day: Andante

This Andante is the third of four movements from Georg Philipp Telemann's Sonata in F minor, which was originally written for bassoon and basso continuo. The Sonata comes from Der Getreue Musikmeister, a musical periodical started in 1728 which consisted of vocal and instrumental selections accessible to students and amateur musicians.

Thanks to April for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Dublin Streets

This slip jig was included in the mid-19th-century music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper and Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman. It first appeared in print in P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs and R.M. Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland, both published in 1858. The tune was probably derived from the Scottish jig “A Fig for a Kiss”, which was recorded as early as the mid-18th century.

Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Gariboldi

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