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A traditional Cornish folk song, often associated with mining communities, arranged here by Jon Corelis. Its melancholic melody and lyrical themes reflect the region's cultural heritage.

Wilhelm Popp's flute arrangement of the melancholic English folk song "The Sweet Nightingale", blending Romantic-era virtuosity with traditional pastoral themes.

A lively ragtime composition originally for piano, later arranged for saxophone quartet, blending early 20th-century syncopation with modern ensemble textures.

"The Sweet Nightingale" is a traditional Cornish folk ballad exploring themes of love and nature, with the nightingale often symbolizing poetic inspiration in European folklore. The melody typically uses a pentatonic scale common to Celtic music traditions.

"Sweet Nightingale" is a traditional English folk song from Cornwall. It is also known as "The Sweet Nightingale" or "My Sweet Nightingale". The song features a dialogue between a young man and woman, often with romantic undertones, and is characterized by its melodic nightingale bird call refrain. It was popularized by folk revivalists and remains a standard in English folk music repertoire.