This is the opening movement of the fourth of French flutist and composer François Devienne's Six Duos pour Deux Flûtes (“Six Duets for Two Flutes”), published in Paris around 1790.
This lively study is the seventh piece from French flutist Johannes Donjon's Huit Études de Salon (“Eight Parlour Studies”) for solo flute.
This Irish reel was collected by Chicago Police captain Francis O'Neill around the turn of the 20th Century, and published in the 1903 collection O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies.
This relaxed Largo is the third movement of a Sonata in A minor for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
The slow piece we present today is the third movement of the ninth sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This little “Allegro Moderato” is the fourth study from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.
This melody was famously recorded in New York for Crown Records by County Sligo fiddlers Paddy Killoran and Paddy Sweeney, who backed it with “Ah, Surely” in the early 1930s.
The tune was also published in O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), under the name “Carrigaline”.
This sweet and melancholic Rondo is the fourth movement of the fifth of six sonatas for flute and continuo by French Baroque composer and flute virtuoso Michel Blavet, first published in Paris in 1732. The sonata is nicknamed “La Chauvet”.
This grazioso (‛graceful’) theme and its accompanying variation constitute the second movement of the fourth of French flutist and composer François Devienne's Six Duos pour Deux Flûtes (“Six Duets for Two Flutes”), published in Paris around 1790.
This study in A-flat major is the third piece from French flutist Johannes Donjon's Huit Études de Salon (“Eight Parlour Studies”) for solo flute. The French title “Le Chant du Vent” can be translated as “The Song of the Wind”.
In his 1903 collection Music Of Ireland, Francis O'Neill indicates as the source for this tune Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin, originally from County Tipperary, Ireland. Cronin was a weaver and a machinist, who boasted that he never forgot nor forgave a slight, but who could play tune after tune steadily for hours. O'Neill considered him an excellent musician, and obtained many tunes from him.
This 12/8-time Allegro constitutes the fourth movement of a Sonata in A minor for recorder and basso continuo written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This short prelude is the only piece in F-sharp minor in the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This little “Andante quasi allegretto” (“Andante, almost allegretto”) is the fifth study from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.
This lively country dance tune appears in the first volume of James S. Kerr's Merry Melodies (circa 1870), one of the most popular collections of Scottish tunes ever published. Its composition is attributed to a J. Rule. The “academy” of the title is probably a dancing academy.
This fugue-like Allegro is the fifth movement of the fifth of six sonatas for flute and continuo by French Baroque composer and flute virtuoso Michel Blavet, first published in Paris in 1732. This sonata is nicknamed “La Chauvet”.
This is the first movement of the fifth of French flutist and composer François Devienne's Six Duos pour Deux Flûtes (“Six Duets for Two Flutes”), published in Paris around 1790.
This rather advanced “Allegro rapido” in A minor is the fourth piece from French flutist Johannes Donjon's Huit Études de Salon (“Eight Parlour Studies”) for solo flute.
This old slow air, commonly attributed to the great Irish harper Thomas Connellan (c. 1640–1698), was published in Edward Bunting's 1840 collection The Ancient Music of Ireland.
Here is the fifth and last movement of Benedetto Marcello's tenth Sonata for recorder or flute. This lovely minuet is based on a simple rhythmic pattern that repeats throughout the two parts of the piece.
This traditional American march tune in 6/8 time dates back at least to the beginning of the 19th century. The present arrangement for two flutes appeared in Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in 1833.
Today we present the second study from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte, Op. 88.
This Scottish air, also known as “There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame”, is an old Jacobite tune. It was published in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum IV (1791) with words by Robert Burns, who knew the tune as “There are few good fellows when Jamie's awa”. The “Jamie” of the title is James VIII, the son of the deposed James VII of Scotland that the Jacobite movement recognized as the rightful heir to the English and Scottish thrones.
In the sheet music we included two variations of the basic tune, taken from the first book of James Oswald's The Caledonian Pocket Companion, published in London in 1743.
This gavotte is the sixth and final movement of the fifth of six sonatas for flute and continuo by French Baroque composer and flute virtuoso Michel Blavet, first published in Paris in 1732. The sonata is nicknamed “La Chauvet”.
This gigue is the closing movement of the ninth sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This little “Andante con moto e agitato” (“Andante with movement and agitated”) is the sixth study from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.
This traditional slow air, featuring ornaments that sound like a goat's bleating, was published in Francis O'Neill's 1903 collection Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies.
This irregularly-shaped Adagio is the opening movement of a Sonata in G minor for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This minuet and its accompanying trio constitute the second movement of the fifth of French flutist and composer François Devienne's Six Duos pour Deux Flûtes (“Six Duets for Two Flutes”), published in Paris around 1790.
Today we present the third study from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte (“Twenty melodious studies for flute”), Op. 88.