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Tune of the Day: Portpatrick

The earliest appearance of this jig is in Robert Bremner's A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances, published in London in 1757.

Portpatrick is a coastal village in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland, with a sheltered harbor. It was a ferry port of passengers, postal mail and freight between Ireland and Scotland. At one time it was a destination for couples from Ireland seeking a quick wedding.

According to musician Alison Kinnaird, however, Port simply means a ‛tune’ in harp repertory—in other words, “Patrick's tune”. Musicologist John Purser disagrees, and is of the opinion that the title does refer to the town, and not to an older harp tune.

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

This is étude No. 13 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: L'Enhardie

Today's piece is a lively gavotte in D major, duet No. 3 from Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's 55 Easy Pieces, Op. 22. Its title, “L'Enhardie”, might be translated from French as “the bold, audacious one”.

Tune of the Day: Mighty Oregon

“Mighty Oregon” is the song played by the Oregon Marching Band at home football and basketball games. Originally titled “The Mighty Oregon March”, it was written by Director of Bands, Albert Perfect, and was first performed in 1916.

For the song's most popular section, Perfect fashioned a new melody to fit into the harmony from “It's a Long Way to Tipperary”, a hit 1912 World War I march. The catchy popularity of the harmony was not lost on Perfect, a well-educated in music theory, who originally subtitled the song “The Tipperary of the West”. The new march attained rapid popularity: during the next few years, “Mighty Oregon” was published as a solo piano piece, released nationally as a piano roll, and even played by the 162nd Infantry Band in France.

Tune of the Day: The Lasses of Dunse

This melody appears earliest in Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1742) and David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1756).

The title references the Scottish burgh of Duns in Berwickshire, in the Borders region of southeast Scotland.

Tune of the Day: Study in F major by Andersen

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.

Tune of the Day: Duet in E minor by Hugues

This is duet No. 10 from the first volume of Luigi Hugues's La scuola del flauto (The School of the Flute).

Thanks to Paolo for contributing this piece!