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Tune of the Day: Giga by John Ranish

This Giga is the third 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.

Tune of the Day: Tempo di Minuetto by Quantz

This minuet-like piece is the third and final movement of a Flute Duet in B minor that the famous German flutist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz composed in 1759.

Tune of the Day: Study in A minor by Karg-Elert

This 10/8-time étude is the seventh piece from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: True Blue

This D-major jig appears in Cumbrian musician John Rook’s book Multum in Parvo, or a Collection of old English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh Tunes, dated 1840.

Tune of the Day: Nel cor più non mi sento

This soprano aria (or rather arietta, as it's a very short piece) is taken from Act 2 of Giovanni Paisiello's 1788 opera L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara. The aria was immortalized by Beethoven, who composed six variations for piano in 1795.

In concert performances, this piece is often performed with a complete da capo where the interpreter applies ornaments and embellishments during the repetition.

Tune of the Day: Andante by Loeillet

This Andante in E minor opens the sixth of Belgian Baroque composer 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!

Tune of the Day: Study in G minor by Gariboldi

Today we propose étude No. 25 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: Vèni sonne di la muntagnella

This traditional lullaby comes from Calabria, a region of southern Italy. It was recorded by the famous Italian singer Mia Martini in 1975.

Thanks to Marina for suggesting this tune!

Tune of the Day: Rey de los bordoneos

Here is another tango by Argentinian bandoneon player and composer Eduardo Arolas. This “Gran tango original”, as the piece is subtitled, is in four parts, and alternates between the keys of F-sharp minor and D major.

Many thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Adagio by Loeillet

Here is the second movement of the sixth sonata from the second book of Belgian Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's collection of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.

Tune of the Day: Study in F major by Karg-Elert

Today's piece is the eighth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: The Yankee Doodle Boy

This patriotic song was originally part of George M. Cohan's 1904 Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones. The play concerns the trials and tribulations of a fictional American jockey, Johnny Jones, who rides a horse named Yankee Doodle in the English Derby. Cohan incorporates snippets of several popular traditional American songs into his own, as he often did with his songs.

Tune of the Day: Grave Adagio by Albinoni

The “Grave Adagio” in D major we present today is the opening movement of the seventh Sonata from the Trattenimenti armonici collection by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni.

Tune of the Day: Aria by Blavet

This Aria is the third movement of a Sonata in D minor written for two flutes by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.

Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Gariboldi

This study in syncopation is Etude No. 26 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: Birk Hall

This pipe tune first appeared in Robert Ross's Choice Selection of Scots, Reels,Country Dances & Strathspeys (1780). The tune is named after Birkhall, a vast estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, whose name derives from the Scottish birk haugh, meaning ‛birch river-meadow’.

Tune of the Day: The Emperor Waltz

Johann Strauss II composed the Kaiser-Walzer in 1889. The waltz was originally titled “Hand in Hand”, and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian emperor Franz Josef on the occasion of his visit to the German Kaiser Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a ”toast of friendship” extended by Austria to Germany. Strauss' publisher, Fritz Simrock, suggested the title Kaiser-Walzer since the title could allude to either monarch, and thus satisfy the vanity of both rulers.

Tune of the Day: Allegro by Loeillet

This is the third movement of the sixth sonata from the second book of Belgian Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's collection 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!

Tune of the Day: Study in G major by Karg-Elert

Today's piece is the ninth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: The Liberty Bell March

John Philip Sousa composed this military march in 1893. It was originally written for Sousa's unfinished operetta The Devil's Deputy, but financing for the show fell through. Shortly afterwards, Sousa and his band manager George Hinton attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. As they watched the spectacle “America”, in which a backdrop depicting the Liberty Bell was lowered, Hinton suggested “The Liberty Bell” as the title of Sousa's recently completed piece.

The march is now most often associated with the British TV comedy program Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–74), which used the piece as a signature tune.

Thanks to Steve for suggesting this piece!

Tune of the Day: Presto by Wanhal

This Presto is the third movement of a Sonata in G major for flute or violin written by Czech composer Johann Baptist Wanhal.

Tune of the Day: Sarabanda by Blavet

This Sarabande in D major is the fourth movement of a Sonata in D minor written for two flutes by Michel Blavet. It was first published in 1728.

Tune of the Day: Study in F-sharp minor by Gariboldi

Today we propose étude No. 27 from Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Gariboldi's collection of 30 Etudes faciles et progressives.

Tune of the Day: The Mayor of Garratt

This 2/4-time country dance tune is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2.

The Garrat Elections were a carnival of mock elections in 18th-century Surrey, England. The events were organized around May 20, when a crowd of tens of thousands would travel down from London to take part. The fame of the Garratt elections was spread by Samuel Foote's 1764 farce, which was titled The Mayor of Garret as well.

Tune of the Day: El cachorrito

Here is another tango arrangement for flute and guitar. This “Creole tango” was composed by Argentinian singer and composer Ángel Villoldo, often nicknamed “the father of tango”.

Thanks to Joyce Kai for contributing this piece!

Tune of the Day: Allegro by Loeillet

This is the fourth and final movement of the sixth sonata from the second book of Belgian Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's collection of Six sonatas of two parts, made on purpose for two German flutes, first published in London in 1720.

Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Karg-Elert

Today's piece is the tenth étude from Sigfried Karg-Elert's 30 Caprices: a “Gradus ad Parnassum” of the modern technique for flute solo.

Tune of the Day: Stepney's Rant

This low D-major jig appears in O’Farrell's Pocket Companion, vol. IV, published in 1810. Its first half is shared with another Irish jig, known as “Jackson’s Fancy”.

Tune of the Day: Minuet by John Ranish

This Minuet in D major is the fourth and final 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.

Tune of the Day: Minuet in G major by Fernando Sor

This is the first of twelve minuets written by Spanish classical guitarist and composer Fernando Sor as part of his Deux Thèmes variés et 12 Menuets.

Thanks to Luis for contributing this arrangement!