In the 19th century nationalist themes came into fashion. Composers drew on songs and dances from their native lands, working them into paraphrased adaptations, potpourri arrangements and sets of variations or incorporating folkelements from various cultures in their compositions. Flautist Wilhelm Popp (1828 -1902) , who wrote music for his instrument at every level of difficulty, also took up this popular trend. In this collection seven of his easilyplayable_x001A_compositions have been chosen with musical links to different European countries. Here again Popp shows his ability to distil the essence from musical styles and fashions of his time, setting lyrical and virtuoso passagesso well for the instrument that their effectiveness far outweighs any difficulties. The popularity of his pieces for tuition purposes, school concerts or youth music competitions remains undiminished to this day. This edition isessentially based on the first printed versions of these pieces - with just a sma ll number of printing errors and inconsistencies corrected without comment.