This Allegro is the second movement of a Sonata in D minor written for two flutes by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
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This is the fourth and final movement from the third of Telemann's Sonates sans Basse à deux Flutes traverses, ou à deux Violons, ou à deux Flutes à bec, or “Sonatas without Bass for Two Transverse Flutes, or Two Violins, or Two Recorders”.
This étude in G major is taken from the second book of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian composer Ernesto Köhler.
During World War I, the river Drina was the site of a bloody battle between the Austro-Hungarian army and the allied forces of the Serbian army, the Battle of Cer. The triumph of the Serbians over their numerically superior opponents marked the first Allied victory over the Central Powers during the First World War. To honour the bravery of the fallen, the Serbian composer Stanislav Binički composed this march, titled “Marš na Drinu”. The song has become a symbol of the bravery of the Serbs during the First World War.
The piece became an international hit and a staple of world music after Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann had a number one hit on the Danish pop singles chart in 1963 in a version arranged for solo electric guitar.
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The Presto in B-flat major we present today is the fourth movement of the third Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This piece, written in the style of a Polonaise, is duet No. 1 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies.
This is étude No. 11 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This Scottish strathspey is taken from Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies for the Violin, published in Glasgow around 1880.
This binary-form Allegro is the second movement of Sonata No. 7 in A minor from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
This Allemande is the opening movement of a Sonata in D minor written for two flutes by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.
Here is another étude by Danish flutist Joachim Andersen. This “Moderato assai” in G minor is study No. 22 from his Twenty-Four Etudes for Flute, Op. 33.
This tune, which can be played as a pastoral air or as a slow strathspey, was composed in honor of Queen Victoria by James Scott Skinner (1843–1927), a famous Scottish dancing master, fiddler and composer.
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This Allegro is the central movement of a Sonata in C major for flute and continuo, written around 1750 by Italian Classical composer Giuseppe Sarti.
This Allegro in G minor is the fourth movement of the fourth sonata from the second book of Belgian composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.
This étude in B minor is taken from the second book of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian composer Ernesto Köhler.
The “Battle Cry of Freedom” was written by American composer George Frederick Root in 1862, during the American Civil War. A patriotic song advocating the cause of the Union, it became so popular that composer H.L. Schreiner and lyricist W.H. Barnes adapted it for the Confederate States of America. The Union version was used as the campaign song for the Lincoln-Johnson ticket in the 1864 presidential election. The song was so popular that the music publisher at one time had 14 printing presses going at one time and still could not keep up with demand. It is estimated that over 700,000 copies of this song were put in circulation.
The “Grave Adagio” in D minor we present today is the opening movement of the fourth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This Vivace in G major opens the third 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.
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This is étude No. 12 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This is the official march of the French Foreign Legion, a military service wing of the French Army which was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. “Le Boudin” is a reference to boudin, a type of blood sausage, but colloquially it meant the gear (rolled up in a red blanket) that used to top the backpacks of Legionnaires.
The tune was composed prior to the Legion's departure for Mexico in the 1860s by engineer and composer Guillaume-Louis Bocquillon, usually known as just “Wilhelm”.
It is interesting to observe that the Legion marches at only 88 steps per minute, much slower than the 120 steps per minute of all other French military units. Consequently, the Legion contingent at the Bastille Day military parade march brings up the rear. Nevertheless, the Legion usually gets the most enthusiastic response from the crowd.
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This “little ballade” is the first of 6 easy fantaisies published as Op. 28 by French Romantic flutist Jules Demersseman. The piece features a rather plaintive introduction in D minor, but after 14 measures it shifts to D major, and stays in that key till the end.
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Today's piece is duet No. 3 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies.
Here is another étude by Danish flutist Joachim Andersen. This “Andante con moto” in F major is study No. 23 from his Twenty-Four Etudes for Flute, Op. 33.
The earliest appearance of this jig in print is in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman's mid-19th-century manuscripts. Goodman was an uilleann piper who collected traditional tunes locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster.
This Minuet is the third movement of Sonata No. 7 in A minor from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
This Presto is the fourth and final movement of a Sonata in E minor for two flutes or recorders by German composer Johann Christoph Schultze.
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This is étude No. 13 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This minuet appears in the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr., who in 1775 was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment and participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Québec from British control. The title of the piece refers to a popular military figure of the time, Lord Cathcart, the descendant of a Scottish noble family.