Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1381 (Music for a Found Harmonium)
| Type ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Piece | Eb Major |
Music for a Found Harmonium / Tune for a Found Harmonium (mislabeled on SS 1 as Queen of the West) (also in D) (composed by Simon Jeffes of Penguin Café Orchestra) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to modern music.]
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1990 | 1#1 | [PS 3] Patrick Street. Irish Times. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Andy Irvine (vocals, harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki), Gerry O'Beirne (vocals, guitar), James Kelly (fiddle), Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle, keyboards), Jackie Daly (accordion), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Bill Whelan (keyboards). |
| ~1990 | 1.18#1 | [GL20] Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. Patrick Street. |
| ~1991 | 3#2 | [SS 1] Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle). |
| 1992 | 9#1 | [CFF 1] Kevin Burke / Johnny Cunningham / Christian Lemaître. Celtic Fiddle Festival. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Johnny Cunningham (fiddle), Christian Lemaître (fiddle). |
| 1998 | 10#1 | [PS 7] Patrick Street. Live from Patrick Street. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As misc #2 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1990