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Tune of the Day: The Boys of Ballysadare

The earliest appearance of this slip jig is in Chicago Police captain Francis O'Neill's collection The Dance Music of Ireland, published in 1907.

Ballysadare (Baile Easa Dara in Irish, meaning “town of the waterfall of the oak”), also known as Ballisodare, is a town in County Sligo, in the north of the Republic of Ireland.

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

This “very fast, sparkling” piece is the twenty-ninth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: Vivace by Loeillet

This Vivace in G minor opens the fourth of 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.

Tune of the Day: Florentine March

Although Czech composer Julius Fučík is best known for his march “Entrance of the Gladiators”, his real signature piece is this “Florentine March”, written during the composer's long stint as leader of the Royal and Imperial Army's military band. It's a happy, spirited piece in the vein of Johann Strauss's Radetzky March, and a standard selection on concerts of light band and orchestral music. The piece was composed in 1900 as a grand march for an opera never completed. Its original title was “La Rosa di Toscana” (“The Rose of Tuscany”), which was an appellation of the Tuscan city of Florence.

Thanks to Ines for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: The Fox Hunters' Jig

Many versions of this old slip jig exist, with the earliest record being in Hime's Collection of Favorite Country Dances for the Present Year 1799 (Dublin, 1799). The version we present today is taken from Francis O'Neill's The Dance Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1907.

Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Kummer

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

Tune of the Day: Allegro by Scherer

This Allegro in E minor is the third movement of the second Sonata for three flutes by Johann Scherer.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!