Tuesday 29 October 2019
Tune of the Day: Allen-a-Dale
arranged for two flutes
“Allen-a-Dale” was originally a song in Rokeby, a 1813 narrative poem in six cantos by Sir Walter Scott. American pianist and composer Charles Gilfert, a contemporary of Scott, set some of the poems from Rokeby to music shortly after its publication, including “Allen-a-Dale”.
The present arrangement for two flutes appeared in Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in Philadelphia in 1833.