This short piece, originally written as a study for solo piano by German pianist and composer Friedrich Burgmüller, is taken from his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100.
In the 20th century this last movement from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 has become one of the most famous show-pieces for solo flutists, due to its quick pace and difficulty.
We already had a solo version of this piece, but due to popular demand we have decided to also prepare this arrangement for 4 flutes plus (optional) bass.
The study in C major we present today was kindly contributed by flutists Nilson and Cinthia Mascolo from Brazil. It is the ninth piece from their 17 Estudos para Flauta Transversal, N. 1.
This traditional tune, also known as “The Tempest”, is taken from Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808, published in London by Goulding & Co.
This is the opening movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 2 in B-flat major for flute and continuo. It is one of the many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This brunette is the second duet in G minor from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
Today we present the eighteenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
It is told that Scots composer James Scott Skinner wrote this slow air after seeing a sick child being cared for by his mother. While in a hotel, he went into the wrong room by mistake and saw the mother bending over the cradle.
Thanks to Ronald for suggesting this tune!
The “Grave Adagio” in A major we present today is the opening movement of the eleventh Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This is the second movement of the third sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This is the twentieth study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
The origins of this English-language children's song are obscure. The earliest extant record is a version noted in Anne Gilchrist's Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (1937), learnt from her Welsh nurse in the 1870s under the title “Jack Jintle”. A similar version was included in Cecil Sharp and Sabine Baring-Gould's English Folk-Songs for Schools, published in 1906. It was collected several times in England in the early twentieth century with a variety of lyrics.
Detective Columbo whistles this tune in almost every episode of the famous TV series. It also appears as a motif in the musical score.
Thanks to Steve for suggesting this tune!
This is the third movement of a flute sonata in G major by Jean-Christophe Naudot, a French composer and flutist of the early 18th century.
This gavotte is the third duet in G minor from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. The French title “La Pointilleuse” could be translated as “The Meticulous One”.
The study we present today was kindly contributed by flutists Nilson and Cinthia Mascolo from Brazil. It is the fourteenth piece from their 17 Estudos para Flauta Transversal, N. 1.
This traditional hornpipe is taken from Thomas Craig's Empire Violin Collection of Hornpipes, published in Edinburgh ca. 1890.
This lively “Alla breve” is the central movement of Johann Joachim Quantz's Sonata No. 2 in B-flat major for flute and continuo. It is one of the many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!
This melody was originally composed around 1600 by German organist Hans Leo Hassler for a secular love song, “Mein G'müt ist mir verwirret”. The most famous setting of the tune, however, is by Johann Sebastian Bach, who arranged it in his St. Matthew Passion. Bach also used the melody on different words in his Christmas Oratorio, both in the first choral and the triumphant final chorus.
As many will probably recognize, The melody of “American Tune” by Paul Simon is based on this tune.
Thanks to Diana for suggesting this piece!
Today we present the nineteenth study from Italian composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's Etudes mignonnes (Dainty Studies), Op. 131.
This English dance tune is taken from the first volume of Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, published in London in 1757.
This popular song, published in 1912, was first sung publicly by William Frawley. Ernie Burnett, who composed the music, was wounded fighting in the First World War, and he lost his memory together with his identity dog-tags. While recuperating in hospital, a pianist entertained the patients with popular tunes including “Melancholy Baby”. Burnett rose from his sickbed and exclaimed: "That's my song!". He had regained his memory.
Thanks to Steve for suggesting this piece!
This is the third movement of the third sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
This is the twenty-first study from German flutist and composer Caspar Kummer's 32 Etudes amusantes et instructives, Op. 129, first published in 1858.
This march tune was composed by Scots fiddler James Scott Skinner in honor of Dr. Keith Norman McDonald of Skye, who was not only a physician but also an excellent musician and violinist.
Thanks to Ronald for suggesting this tune!
The Allegro in A major we present today is the second movement of the eleventh Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.
This rondeau, whose title is French for “The Disdainful One”, is the fourth duet in G minor from the 55 Easy Pieces collection by French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
The study in C major we present today was kindly contributed by flutists Nilson and Cinthia Mascolo from Brazil. It is the fifteenth piece from their 17 Estudos para Flauta Transversal, N. 1.
This is a tune from the time of the American Revolutionary War, from the British side. The Bedfordshire March was first published in London in 1770 in Compleat Instructions for the Fife by Longman, Lukey & Co.
Today's piece was kindly contributed to our collection by its composer, Italian flutist Corrado Cristaldi. It is a short “air” for solo flute entitled “ànemos”, a word from Ancient Greek meaning ‛soul’, ‛breath’, ‛wind’. The music was written as a tribute to the victims of the tragic earthquake/tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.
This is the fourth and last movement of the third sonata from a collection of 12 “little sonatas” for two flutes by the prolific French Baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.