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

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.

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.