The Division Flute (Walsh, John)

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A Division on a Ground by Mr. Finger

Publisher Info. Cécile Huneau
Performers Cécile Huneau
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Greensleeves to a Ground

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Publisher Info. Fabio M. Castellarin
Performers Fabio M. Castellarin
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Sheet Music

Scores

'Faronell's Ground' is another name for the Folia ground.
See: List of compositions with the theme "La Folia"

Complete

Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.
Reprinted The First and Second Part of The Division Flute
Utrecht: Musica Repartita, Vol.51, 1993.
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Misc. Notes Interestingly contains two pages of all the ground basses only, although these are also printed with each set of divisions.
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Editor Hans-Thomas Müller-Schmidt (b. 1957)
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A Division on a Ground by Mr. Finger

Editor Cécile Huneau
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Chacone

Editor Tsuyoshi Uwaha (b. 1988)
Publisher. Info. Tsuyoshi Uwaha, 2025.
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Misc. Notes Added continuo from Lully's Phaëton, notated several musically important differences
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Greensleeves to a Ground

For Flute and Guitar (Castellarin)
Arranger Fabio M. Castellarin
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For Viola and Guitar (Castellarin)
Arranger Fabio M. Castellarin
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Editor Cécile Huneau
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General Information

Work Title The Division Flute
Alternative. Title The 1st and 2nd Part of The Division Flute Containing The Newest Divisions upon the Choisest Grounds for the Flute as also Several Excellent Preludes Chacon's and Cibells
Composer Walsh, John
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
First Publication. 1706
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation recorder, continuo; recorder solo
Related Works See also The Division Violin for many of the same pieces in slightly different versions.
Uses the theme La Folia

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N.B. The term 'Flute' at this date in England referred to the instrument known today as the recorder (Ger. Blockflöte), as opposed to the transverse or 'German' flute.
Composers without IMSLP pages:

  • Mr Hills
  • Mr Gorton
  • Signr Baptist (probably Giovanni Battista Draghi)
  • Mr O.
  • My Lord Byron
  • Mr Clark (presumably Jeremiah Clarke)