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Tune of the Day: Presto by Blavet

This Presto is the fifth movement of the last of six sonatas for flute and continuo that French flutist and composer Michel Blavet published in Paris in 1732.

Tune of the Day: Invention in C major by J.S. Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach's Two-Part Inventions are a collection of fifteen short keyboard compositions, originally written as musical exercises for his students.

Today we present the very first of the inventions in an arrangement for two flutes by Wilhelm Schönicke, originally published in 1902.

Tune of the Day: Study in E-flat major by Gariboldi

Today we present the eleventh study from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte (“Twenty melodious studies for flute”), Op. 88.

Tune of the Day: All Hands Hoy

This reel appears in the second volume of Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, first printed in London in 1765. “All hands hoy” is a naval expression used to assemble a ship's company, basically equivalent to “All hands on deck”. The tune also appears in print under the title “All Hands High”.

Tune of the Day: Song of India

This famous aria is sung by the Indian guest in Scene 4 of Rimsky-Korsakov's 1896 opera Sadko.

In 1937, trombonist Tommy Dorsey recorded an instrumental jazz arrangement of this piece, which became a jazz standard.

Tune of the Day: Duet in E-flat major by Hugues

Today we propose duet No. 6 from the second volume of Luigi Hugues's La scuola del flauto (The School of the Flute).

Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Study in C major by Drouet

This arpeggiated study is the seventeenth piece from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.

Tune of the Day: Manhattan Hornpipe

This quick hornpipe first appeared in print in Ryan's Mammoth Collection of reels, jigs and other traditional pieces, published in Boston in 1883.

Tune of the Day: Siciliana by Veracini

This Larghetto in A major is the opening movement of the sixth sonata from the Sonate accademiche collection by Italian Baroque composer Francesco Maria Veracini, originally published in 1744 for violin and continuo.

Tune of the Day: Air de Chasse by Naudot

This is the closing movement of French composer Jacques-Christophe Naudot's Suite en trio “Les plaisirs de Champigny”, Op. 18. The piece was originally written for musette (a baroque-era instrument similar to a bagpipe), flute and violin, but it can be played as is by two flutes and a violin, or with very little modification (see the little notes in the violin part) by three modern flutes.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Study in G major by Gariboldi

Today we present the twelfth study from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte (“Twenty melodious studies for flute”), Op. 88. The indication “Lento e ben marcato il canto” at the beginning instructs to play slowly and to emphasize the upper melody.

Tune of the Day: Kilcoy Castle

This A-mixolydian pipe tune appears in MacDonald's The Skye Collection, published in 1887.

Kilcoy Castle is a 17th-century castle in the northern region of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The name Kilcoy derives from the Gaelic Cu coille, meaning ‘nook of the hazel wood’.

Tune of the Day: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life

This well-known song, also known as “The Dream Melody”, is sung in Act I of Victor Herbert's 1910 operetta Naughty Marietta.

The piece is used as a recurring gag in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein.

Thanks to Steve for suggesting this song!

Tune of the Day: Siciliano by J.S. Bach

This arrangement for two flutes of the beautiful Siciliano from Johann Sebastian Bach's Flute Sonata No. 2 was kindly contributed by one of our visitors.

The original arrangement for flute and keyboard can be found here.

Tune of the Day: Study in D-flat major by Drouet

This waltz-time study is the eighteenth piece from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.

Tune of the Day: The Jolly Weaver

This traditional Irish reel, also known under the title “Tim the Market Man”, is taken from O'Neill's Music of Ireland, published in 1903.

Tune of the Day: Casta diva

“Casta diva” is definitely one of the most famous arias of the 19th century. It is sung in Act I of Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera Norma, a leading example of the bel canto (literally “beautiful singing”) genre.

Thanks to Joe for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Lentement by Boismortier

Today we present the third movement of a little Sonata in G major for two flutes written by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

Tune of the Day: Study in A minor by Gariboldi

Today's piece is the thirteenth study from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte (“Twenty melodious studies for flute”), Op. 88.

Tune of the Day: Billy in the Woods

This reel is taken from the third volume of George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels, originally published in Baltimore in 1839.

Tune of the Day: La Cinquantaine

This piece was composed in 1887 for cello and piano by Jean Gabriel Marie, a French Romantic composer. The title “La cinquantaine” is French for “The Golden Wedding”, or the 50th wedding anniversary.

Tune of the Day: Air on the G string

This arrangement for two flutes of the famous Air from Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major was kindly contributed by one of our visitors.

An arrangement for flute and keyboard can be found here.

Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Drouet

This study, based on large intervals, is the twentieth piece from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.

Tune of the Day: Big Barney

This jig is taken from the third volume of James Kerr's Merry Melodies, originally published in the 1870s.

Tune of the Day: Minuet by Benedetto Marcello

This minuet is the second movement of a Sonata in F major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.

Tune of the Day: Duet in C major by Hugues

Today we propose duet No. 7 from the second volume of Luigi Hugues's La scuola del flauto (The School of the Flute).

Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Study in E minor by Gariboldi

This study in triplets constitutes the fourteenth piece from Italian flutist and composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Vingt études chantantes pour la flûte (“Twenty melodious studies for flute”), Op. 88.

Tune of the Day: The Forth Brig

This hornpipe tune was composed by the famous Scottish fiddler James Scott Skinner in commemoration of the opening of the railway bridge over the Forth of Firth in 1890.

Tune of the Day: Evening in Transylvania

This piece, alternating two Hungarian folk tunes, is taken from Béla Bartók's 10 Easy Pieces for piano, composed in 1908. It was later orchestrated by the composer himself as the first movement of the Hungarian Sketches (1931), and has since become one of his most popular pieces.

Thanks to István for suggesting this tune!

Tune of the Day: Invention in C minor by J.S. Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach's Two-Part Inventions are a collection of fifteen short keyboard compositions, originally written as musical exercises for his students.

Today we present the second of the inventions in an arrangement for two flutes by Wilhelm Schönicke, originally published in 1902.

Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Drouet

This study in grace notes is the twenty-first piece from French flutist and composer Louis Drouet's 72 Studies on Taste and Style for the Boehm Flute, published in 1855.