The little study we present today is the seventh piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This D-major reel is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection O'Neill's Irish Music, published in 1915.
This is the opening movement of a Sonata in C major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This is the final movement of the second flute duet from Six duos faciles et brillants by Danish flutist and composer Niels Peter Jensen.
Thanks to Françoise for contributing this piece!
This is the sixth study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen.
This Scottish pipe march appears in The Inverness collection of Highland pibrochs, laments, quicksteps and marches. Parts 3 and 4 are variations attributed to the famous fiddler and composer James Scott Skinner, who described this tune as a ‘pipe quickstep’.
This is the third movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 3 in C minor for flute and continuo. It is one of many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
This is the third movement of the seventh sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
The little study we present today is the eighth piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This melody first appears in the 6th volume of John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, published in London in 1751.
Mile End was an unfashionable district in East London. The assemblies there were open to the public through the purchase of a ticket.
This is the second movement of a Sonata in C major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This is the lively opening movement of the third flute duet from Six duos faciles et brillants by Danish flutist and composer Niels Peter Jensen.
Thanks to Françoise for contributing this piece!
This 9/16-time-ish Moderato is the seventh study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen.
This march and its accompanying variations were composed by fiddler J. Scott Skinner after he visited the summer residence of Queen Victoria in Scotland, located between Braemar and Ballater on the river Dee in the Grampians. Skinner describes the music as a “March bright & teeming with life”. The first variation represents “a rush of water”, probably the river Dee as it runs through the castle's grounds.
Thanks to Ronald for suggesting this tune!
This is the opening movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 3 in C minor for flute and continuo. While the piece appears without a tempo indication in manuscripts, some modern editions put the (almost certainly not original) marking “Amabile” on it.
This prelude opens the twelfth section of the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This study is the ninth piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This tune can be played either as a hornpipe or as a reel. It is taken from Ryan's Mammoth Collection, published in 1883.
The tune could possibly have been named for the clipper ship Rival, a name that appears in American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews, and in fact a few other tunes in Ryan's also appear to be named after engineering or transportation accomplishments of the mid-19th century.
This is the third movement of a Sonata in C major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This Andante and its accompanying variations constitute the second and final movement of the third flute duet from Six duos faciles et brillants by Danish flutist and composer Niels Peter Jensen.
Thanks to Françoise for contributing this piece!
This is the eighth study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen. Watch out for the accidentals!
Despite the large number of Irish titles (“The Top of Cork Road”, “The Rollicking Irishman”, etc.), this tune is probably not Irish in origin but English, as English published versions (from 1778) predate the Irish (1798). As “The Yorkshire Lasses” it can also be found in English country dance collections. The title “Father O'Flynn” comes from popular lyrics written to this tune by Alfred Perceval Graves, first published in 1874.
This is the opening movement of the second of six sonatas for flute and continuo first published in Paris in 1732. This sonata is nicknamed “La Vibray”, a name which probably referred to some place in France.
This is the closing movement of the seventh sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This study is the tenth piece from 50 Etudes mélodiques pour la flûte by French flutist and composer Jules Demersseman.
This popular Irish double jig is sometimes attributed to the 18th-century gentleman piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson of Aughrim, County Limerick. It is well known as one of fiddler Michael Coleman's greatest hits from the 78 Era.
Schubert composed “Erlkönig” as a Lied for voice and piano in 1815, setting to music Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1782 poem of the same name, which depicts a child being assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlking or “Erlkönig”.
The present transcription for solo flute was provided by an anonymous contributor.
This Andante is the opening movement of the first duet from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's Trois petits duos faciles (also published as Three Small and Easy Duos), Op. 20.
This lively Allegro constitutes the ninth study from a collection of 18 Etudes for flute published in 1891 by Danish flutist and composer Joachim Andersen.
This is one of the best known Scottish reel tunes, and has become a staple of both the Irish and American musical traditions. In Ireland it is most commonly played in the key of G major. In the USA it is best known under the title “Hop High Ladies”.
Thanks to Ronald for suggesting this tune!