Annotation:Music for a Found Harmonium

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MUSIC FOR A FOUND HARMONIUM. American, Irish; Reel. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts), F Major ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCCD. Composed by New York musician Simon Jeffes, who composed it in 1982 on a harmonium found atop a pile of discarded builders' wood. It has been used as the theme for an Australian movie entitled Malcolm.

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Recorded sources: Martin & Hughes (Cruinn Comhla - The Well Travelled Fiddler's Collection). Green Linnet SIF1105, Patrick Street - "Irish Times" (1989). John Cunningham, Kevin Green Linnet SIF 1133, Burke & Christian Le Maitre - "Celtic Fiddle Festival."

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