This is a list of musical pieces and songs that include or feature the Jew's harp or other resonance based lamellophones. Jew's harp music is Library of Congress Subject Heading M175.J4.Library of Congress (2011). Library of Congress Subject Headings, 33rd ed., Vol.III (F-K), p.4199. Library of Congress. .
Famous Jew's harpists include the German musicians Father Bruno Glatzl (1721–1773) of Melk Abbey (for whom Albrechtsberger wrote his concerti), Franz Koch (1761–1831), who was discovered by Frederick the Great,Burnley, James (1886). The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science, p.335. Cassell. . and, "the most famous,"Wright, Michael (2015). The Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland, p.163. Ashgate. . Karl Eulenstein (1802–1890). "Four of the famous Jew's Harp virtuosos of the world,""Munnharpas Verden", DanMoi.com. today are Svein Westad,. Leo Tadagawa,. Trần Quang Hải, and the late John Wright (1948–2013)..Wright, Michael (2013). "John Wright obituary", TheGuardian.com. Other performers include Phons Bakx and the earlier Angus Lawrie and Patric Devane. US country musician Jimmie Fadden played the Jew's harp on many albums..
1700s Johann Heinrich Hörmann: Partita for Jews Harp and 8 other instruments (c.1730). Recorded by Othmar Costa conducting the Innsbrucker Kammerorchester (1971). Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: four surviving Concerti for Jew's Harp & Mandora in D, E, E, and F (1769–1771),Albrechtsberger: Concerto for Jew's Harp, Amazon CD Listing (Munich Chamber Orchestra, December 19, 1992.Biba, Otto. "Johann Georg Albrechtsberger ", Entre ciel et terre: Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (), liner notes, p.6. Translated by Weiner, Howard.. 2 recorded by Hans Stadlmair conducting the Munich Chamber Orchestra (1981).
1900s Charles Ives: "Washington's Birthday" (1909), A Symphony: New England Holidays (1913)"How Should the Jew's Harp Part of 'Washington's Birthday' Be Played?", Vierundzwanzigsteljahrsschrift der Internationalen Maultrommelvirtuosengenossenschaft 1 (1982): 49–57. Flanagan Brothers: "On the Road to the Fair" and "Miss McLeod's Reel" (1920s or 30s), "melodic style" La Bolduc: "Ton amour, ma Catherine" (1930) Henry Hall Orchestra with Phyllis Robins: "I Took My Harp to a Party" (1933)Wright (2015), p.176. Jenny Howard: "I Took My Harp to a Party" (1933) Sonny Terry: Sonny Terry's New Sound: The Jawharp In Blues & Folk Music (1961, FS 3821)"Sonny Terry's New Sound: Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music: With Brownie McGhee and J. C. Burris", Smithsonian Folkways.Fox (1988), p.218. The Beatles: "The Fool on the Hill", Magical Mystery Tour (1967), "single boing" The High Level Ranters (Colin Ross): Northumberland Forever (1968/1997). Jack Elliott: "Broken Tanner", "Jack's Choice", and "In the Bar-Room", Jack Elliott of Birtley: The songs and stories of a Durham miner (1969)Wright (2015), p.172. Leonard Cohen: "Story of Isaac" and "Tonight Will Be Fine", Songs from a Room (1969) John Wright: La Guimbarde (1971). The Who: "Join Together" (1972), "fine melodic riff"Wright (2015), p.179. See: Atkins, John (2000). The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963-1998, p.172. McFarland. . The Beach Boys: Steamboat Emanuele Calanduccio: U Marranzanu (1973). Leonard Cohen: "Is This What You Wanted", New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) Mario Ruspoli: Les Guimbardes (1974). Various: "Banish Misfortune" (John, Michael, and David Wright), The Lark in the Clear Air (1974).Wright (2015), p.174. Various: North America Jew's Harp Festival 1997 Highlights (1997)"North American Jew's Harp Festival - 1997 Highlights", JewsHarpGuild.org. Makigami Koichi: Electric Eel (1998), "newly invented versions of the jaw harp". Albert Smith: "The Pigeon On the Gate - Stepdance" (1977), The Voice of the People Volume 14: Troubles They Are But Few (1998) Oberallgäuer Maultrommerltrio: Allgäuer Volksmusik auf der Maultrommel (1979). The Clash: "The Guns of Brixton", London Calling (1979), "sound effect" Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Give It Away", Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) Various: Khomus: Jew's Harp Music Of Turkic Peoples In The Urals, Siberia, And Central Asia (1995). The instrument features prominently in the opening theme and the score to the 1990s British animated television show, Oakie Doke. ""Oakie Doke Opening Theme" The instrument can be heard as part of the background music on the late 1970s / early 1980s American TV show Dukes of Hazzard, particularly during the chase sequences. Various: Maultrommel Molln (1996), "Jew's Harp music from Austria and its neighbor countries""Maultrommel Molln", DanMoi.com. Trân Quang Haï: Jew's Harps of the World (1998), "This recording features jew's harps from Bali, Yakutiya, Bashkiriya, Austria, and Norway, and also from different peoples of Vietnam.". Willie Kemp: "Glendarel Highlands", "Lovat Scouts", and "Monymusk", The Voice of the People Volume 7: First I'm Going to Tell You a Ditty (1998) Tapani Varis: Jews Harp (1998), "solo and accompanied Jew's harp...collection of Finnish and Norwegian folk tunes...variety of harps". Huun-Huur-Tu: "Sagly Khadyn Turu-La Boor (It's Probably Windy On Sandy Steppe)", Where Young Grass Grows (1999) The Jew Harp is used to play the theme song alongside the accordion in the Yugoslav movie Ko To Tamo Peva (1980).To Tamo Peva-Za Beograd YouTube
2000s Svein Westad: Munnharpas Verden (2000). "Traditional and contemporary Jew's Harp compositions from Norway, Ireland, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Japan, India and Kyrgyzstan performed by," Westad, Tadagawa, Trần, and Wright. Traditional Kazakh: "Kuu" (Nurlanbek Nishanov),"Kuu", Folkways.si.edu. "Jew's Harp Melody" (Edil Huseinov), The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings #40438 (2002), "elaborate Jew's harp techniques of Kazakhstan".WNYC Studios (2016). "#3878: Music for Jaw Harp", WNYC.org. The OddTones: We're Allowed (2002)"Oddtones ", MouthMusic.com. Various: Fourth International Jew's Harp Festival (2002). Kid Rock: unspecified tracks (Jimmie "Bones" Trombly), Kid Rock (2003). David Simons: "Four Kotekan", Prismatic Hearing (2004). Miranda Lambert: "Me and Charlie Talking", Kerosene (2004)Billboard Oct 30, 2004, p.31. John Zorn: "Terumah" (Rashanim), Masada Rock (2005). Wu Man: "Old Joe Clark" (Lee Knight), Wu Man and Friends (2005) Johnny Cash: "God's Gonna Cut You Down", American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) Wang Li: Guimbarde (2006) Elizabeth Cook: "Times Are Tough in Rock 'N Roll", Balls (2007)Chris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas Erlewine; eds. (2008). Contemporary Country, p.36. Hal Leonard. . The jew's harp is, "something you don't hear on many records these days, if ever." Alan Jackson: "Good Time", Good Time (2008). Imogen Heap: "2-1", Ellipse (2009)Sherbourne, Simon (2009). "Imogen Heap: Recording Ellipse", SoundOnSound.com. Animal Collective: "Lion in a Coma", Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) Thomas Dolby: "The Toad Lickers" (performed by Imogen Heap), A Map of the Floating City (2011) Wang Li: Reve de Sang (2011)"Wang Li: Reve de Sang ", Amazon.com. Leonard Cohen: "Nightingale", Dear Heather (2004)Simmons, Sylvie (2012). I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, unpaginated. McClelland & Stewart. . Sam Lee: "Wild Wood Amber", Ground of his Own (2012) Karolina Cicha: "Za rieczkaju", 9 Languages (2013) Faun: "Tanz Mit Mir", Von den Elben (2013). Dirtwire: "Ibex" and "Taiga", Ondar EP (2014)(2017) "Dirtwire ", SixDegreesRecords.com. Wang Li: Past, Present, Future (2014)Helen (2015). "'Simplicity sets my music free': The sublime Jew's harp meditations of the artist Wang Li", DanMoi.com. Kepa Junkera: "Marea Zumaian", Maletak (2016) Wang Li and Wu Wei: Overtones (2016)"Wang Li & Wu Wei ", ZamanProduction.com. Tyler Childers: "WhiteHouse Road" Purgatory (2017) Tapani Varis: "Munniharppuuna" (1996) Go_A: "SHUM", SHUM (2021) Big Thief: "Spud Infinity", Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022) Otyken with Ummet Ozcan: "Altay" (2023) Cameron Winter: "Cancer of the Skull", Heavy Metal (2024) Peyton Blake: "Esophaguys Original Soundtrack" (2025)
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External links "The online sound archive at the Musée de l´Homme in Paris is a treasure trove of Jew's harp music", DanMoi.com.