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Tune of the Day: The Bunch of Roses

This variant of the famous “Greensleeves” tune is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland (Chicago, 1907). Its title was a common name for the red-coated British Army (which always had a large number of Irish conscripts), but also refers symbolically to the union of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Under the title “The Bunch of Currants”, a very similar tune had previously appeared in R.M. Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858).

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

Today's piece is the tenth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: Allegro by Loeillet

This Allegro in D major is the fifth and last movement of the first of Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, composed in 1720.

Tune of the Day: Presto

This is the fourth and final movement of Handel's Sonata in G minor for Recorder. Handel later reused this movement for his Flute Sonata in E minor, making only a few changes to the melody.

Tune of the Day: Maguire's Kick

This jig first appears in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland (Chicago, 1903). Collector George Petrie, whom Paul de Grae believes is O'Neill's source for the tune, describes it as a “rebel's march in 1798”, a reference to the Irish Rebellion of 1798 against the British Crown.

Tune of the Day: Study in F-sharp minor by Gariboldi

Today we propose étude No. 27 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: Prélude in E minor

This prelude opens the second section of the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!