This Traditional English air dates back to at least the beginning of the 17th century. The tune appears in various collections under a number of different titles, including “May-day Country Mirth; or, The Young Lads and Lasses' Innocent Recreation” and “Rural Recreation; or, The Young Men and Maids' Merriment at their Dancing around a Country May-pole”.
This is the fourth and final movement of a Sonata in F major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
Thanks to Erika for suggesting this piece!
Today's piece is duet No. 6 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies. The second flute part is much more technically demanding then the first flute part, as it is meant to be played by a teacher.
This is étude No. 17 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This Irish jig dates back to the 19th century. It is a double jig, meaning that it tends to follow the pattern of having three eighth notes instead of a quarter note followed by an eighth note.
This Largo in D minor is the third movement of a Sonata in F major for recorder and basso continuo, written by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello around 1712.
This minuet is the seventh movement of the third sonata from Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's second book of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This étude in A major is taken from the second book of Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies by Italian composer Ernesto Köhler.
This marching song was written by Henry Clay Work at the end of the American Civil War in 1865. It refers to U.S. Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea late in the previous year to capture Savannah, Georgia.
Because of its lively melody, the song became widely popular with Union Army veterans after the war. Ironically, General Sherman himself came to despise “Marching Through Georgia”, in part because it was played at almost every public appearance that he attended. Outside of the Southern United States, it had a universal appeal: Japanese troops sang it as they entered Port Arthur, the British Army sang it in India, and an English town thought the tune was appropriate to welcome southern American troops in World War II.
Thanks to Steve for suggesting this tune!
This Presto is the central movement of Sonata No. 8 in G major from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
Today's piece is duet No. 8 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies.
This is étude No. 18 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives. It focuses on the alternation of binary and ternary rhythms.
This old Scottish hornpipe appears in the second volume of James S. Kerr's Merry Melodies, which was first published in the second half of the 19th century.
The “Grave Adagio” in F major we present today is the opening movement of the fifth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This giga is the eight and last movement of the third sonata from Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's second book of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
Today we propose the first étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
The poem “We Are Coming, Father Abra'am 300,000 More”, written by James S. Gibbons, was set to music by at least eight different composers. The version we're proposing today was written by Stephen Foster, America's most beloved popular song composer.
The poem and music came in response to a call by Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862 for volunteers to fight the American Civil War.
Thanks to Steve for suggesting this tune!
This Minuet and its accompanying Variation constitute the final movement of Sonata No. 8 in G major from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.
Today's piece is duet No. 9 from the second volume of Ernesto Köhler's Twenty Easy Melodic Progressive Studies, Op. 93.
This is étude No. 19 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This Irish double jig, dating back to at least the second half of the 19th century, is in the key of A Mixolydian. The Mixolydian mode is equivalent to the major mode, but with the seventh degree lowered by a semitone.
This solo, originally intended for alto flute, was kindly contributed to our collection by its composer, Chris Wind. Thank you, Chris!
We already have a flute-and-piano version of this famous aria, which is often referred to as “The Queen of the Night Aria”, but today we propose a version for two flutes. This arrangement is taken from a collection of numbers from the opera published in 1792.
This is the second étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.
This song, as “Ally Croaker”, was written and music composed by Lawrence (Larry) Grogan of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford, Ireland, who was renowned as a “gentleman piper” and composer of Irish airs. Dating from 1725, it is his most famous composition.
This Allegro in F major is the second movement of the fifth Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This allemande is the very first movement of a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This is étude No. 20 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.
This folk song comes from Northern Italy, and is part of the traditional repertoire of the Alpini, a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army.
Thanks to Marina for suggesting this tune!
This Siciliana is the opening movement of Sonata No. 9 in D minor from John Ranish's XII Solos for the German Flute, Op. 2, first published in London in 1744.