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Cathy BELL.

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Sep 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/3/97
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Can anyone tell me where I can locate a tune which I think is called "Tune
for a lost harmonium" and which I believe was recorded on Sharon Shannon's
first album.

Are there any other versions?

Onan

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The tune "Music for a Found Harmonium" is also covered by Patrick Street
on "Irish Times" (Green Linnet CD 1105). Great version of the song.

Onan


colleen campbell

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Onan (ton...@gl.umbc.edu) wrote:

: The tune "Music for a Found Harmonium" is also covered by Patrick Street


: on "Irish Times" (Green Linnet CD 1105). Great version of the song.

I've got four versions of it in my collection already--that one, the
original by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, a pretty take on it by James
Galway and Phil Coulter on their CD "Legends," and a medley of that and
several other tunes by Celtic Fiddle Festival--by far, my favorite. Great
tune!

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Make sure you make lots of mistakes.
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Hal Mueller

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Sep 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/3/97
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That's "Music for a Found Harmonium", written by Simon Jeffes, originally
recorded by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, popularized by Kevin Burke on an
"Open House" album.

This tune and 300 some others are in Sue Songer's recently published tune
book "The Portland Collection", available from her (son...@teleport.com)
or from Country Dance and Song Society (http://www.cdss.org/).


--
Hal Mueller h...@peak.org
Corvallis, Oregon http://www.peak.org/~hal/

Fergus O'Byrne

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97
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What date, meaning year?
MT, Anselm Lingnau <lin...@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:

>In article <01bcb80d$37316180$b80d...@bell.powerup.com.au>,


>Cathy BELL. <be...@powerup.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me where I can locate a tune which I think is called "Tune
>> for a lost harmonium" and which I believe was recorded on Sharon Shannon's
>> first album.
>

>This was originally composed by Simon Jeffes of the Penguin Cafe
>Orchestra. It's actually called `Music for a Found Harmonium' and occurs
>on the PCO album, _Broadcasting_From_Home_ (I think).
>
>Anselm
>--
>Anselm Lingnau ......................... lin...@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
>I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. --- Stephen Wright


Garry W

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97
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"John A. Hickman" <jhic...@fox.nstn.ca> wrote:
>Great information. Now if someone would tell me what a harmonium is, I
>would be eternally grateful.

Squeezebox popular in Indian music.

garry

(Actually: a small portable hand-pumped reed organ, popular with missionaries
a while back. Which is where the Indian connection comes from. You either play
one-handed or you need an assistant. I 'find' them myself from time to time;
keep wanting to buy one but my friends keep persuading me of the greater
beauty of almost-anything-else.:)

Mike Berro

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97
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"Cathy BELL." <be...@powerup.com.au> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me where I can locate a tune which I think is called "Tune
>for a lost harmonium" and which I believe was recorded on Sharon Shannon's
>first album.
>
>Are there any other versions?

It was also used as the theme music for a feature film made in
Ireland about 8 years ago. I wish I could remember the name of that
film; it was very good (saw it on a plane.)

---Mike
Andy Irvine page at
"http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7484/airvine.html"

Onan

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Sep 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/5/97
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>
> It was also used as the theme music for a feature film made in
> Ireland about 8 years ago. I wish I could remember the name of that
> film; it was very good (saw it on a plane.)
>
> ---Mike


I think I remember hearing that song during "The Snapper" maybe, can'y say
for sure.

Onan


Christin Keck

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Sep 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/6/97
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The tune is called "Music for a Found Harmonium." It can be found on the
album "Patrick Street," by Patrick Street (natch!)

It was written by Simon Jeffes of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra in England. It's
not traditional, nor is it Irish. On the Patrick Street album it is played by
Kevin Burke (fiddle) Andy Irvine (mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica) JAmes Kelly
(fiddle), Declan Masterson (uillean pipes) Jackie Daly (accordian), Arty
McGlynn (guitar) and Bill Whelan (keyboard)

Cathy BELL. wrote:

> Can anyone tell me where I can locate a tune which I think is called "Tune
> for a lost harmonium" and which I believe was recorded on Sharon Shannon's
> first album.
>
> Are there any other versions?

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Danny Chapman

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Sep 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/8/97
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I don't know what all the fuss is about Music for a found Harmonium - The
tune Sharon Shannon plays (Retour des Hirondelles) with it is
FAR better (in my opinion!). I've transcribed a version of it (in gif
and abc) on

http://typhoon.rdg.ac.uk/~chapman/tunes.html

I've also managed to get down Dermot Byrnes version of Tico Tico, but
have yet to convert it to abc

Cheers, Danny

Paul Toland

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Sep 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/10/97
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It's also on the Penguin Cafe Orchestra's 'Preludes Airs & Yodels CD 7243
8 42015 2 4/AMBT15 on Virgin Records. The film it was theme to was the
1986 AUSTRALIAN movie 'Malcolm' ... which is where I first heard it, and
then happened to see it on an album by someone called Sharon Shannon, and
hence got introduced to her wonderful music; I later found a Penguin Cafe
Orchestra CD and started listening to their stuff too.

Susan

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