WORLD WIDE LINKS FOR THE JEWS HARP

 This page informs you about the special websites on Internet that have to deal with the Jew's harp (CD's, types, organology, literature, forgers & players, museums, sound samples, history, tutors & instructions, festivals, video's, nomenclatures, et cetera). It's our intention to direct you to the diverse contents of all these pages.


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the list of links

 

 

 

 

 

1. The U.S.A. Jew's Harp Guild Homepage

2. The Jew's Harp Page of Jarno Miettinen

3. Norway: Bjørgulv Straume

4. Austrian Jew's harp Association

5. 4th International Jew's harp Congress & Festival, Norway

6. Explications about an Sicilian Jew's harps workshop

7. Morchang of Rajasthan (India)

continue 8.-14.

 

 

 

 

 


8. the Rooria (Jew's harp precursor) from Aotearoa (New Zealand)

9. La Guimbarde (The Jew's harp)

10. Jew's Harp (or Jaw's Harp)

11. Picture Archaeological Jew's Harp of Heerenveen (NL)

12. Harvey Matusow's Jew's Harps Band

13. Doromb (the Jew's Harp of Hungary) 

14. Norwegian Jew's harp Forum

continue 15.- 21.

 

 

 


15. The Jew's harp [jooz harp]: organology

16. Tran Quang Hai, Vietnamese ethno-musicologist

17. Svein Westad - CD: Munnharpas Verden - Jew's harp World

18. Mouth Music Press (USA)

 19. Esthonian Jew's harp Guild

20. Chandra & David's Homepage (Indian Morchang)

 21. Germany (Frank Kolb): the Siberian Khomus

continue 22. - 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. Archaeology in Upper Austria: article of Angela Mohr

 23. German website about Jew's harps

24. The Indian Morchang (Rajasthan)

25. Adrian Pertout (Australia): the Jew's harp

26. Hungaryan Jew's harp: Doromb (Sebö Ferenc)

27. The Komus Muzeum (Siberia)

continue 28.- 35.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28. Jewsaphone-collection of Clayton Bailey

 29. Archæological Jew's harps from Zeeland (Netherlands)

 30. Jew's harp design & definition on T-Shirt

 31. J.G. Albrechtsberger: Concertino in Es-dur 

32. The Snoopy-Jew's harp

33. the Jew's Harp in the South Indian Carnatic tradition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language: E N G L I S H
1.
The U.S.A. Jew's Harp Guild Homepage
is an American non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history and art of the Jew's harp (& other instruments)

The page informs you about:

how to play the Jew's harp - discussions about the instrument - the North American Jew's harp festival - about the guild itself - history of the Jew's harp - music links of interest - pictorial archive
reference information - on-line newsletter - the Jew's harp guild store

the site is maintained by Mark.D.Poss (CSCS)
[the site is best viewed in 800 x 600 x 64k colors]

linking to USA Jew's harp Guild: click here

 

 

Language: E N G L I S H / F I N N I S H
2.
The Jew's Harp Page of
JARNO MIETTINEN

this page has an association with
The Finnish Jew's Harp Association
or: Suomen Munniharppuyhdistys

 This page was created by:
Jarno Miettinen & Johanna Yli-Kerttula

e-mail: jarnomiettinen@artic.net

 Linking to the website of
Jarno Miettinen è click here

  

 

 

333. language: N O R W E G I A N

Bjørgulv Straume
player and maker of
the Norwegian munnharpe

informs you about:

the Jew's harp music - his Jew's harps - his instruction video
to connect to his website: click here

 

  

 

 

 

 

Language: G E R M A N
4.

Austrian Jew's harp Association
or:

Österreichischer Maultrommelverein

the page informs you about:

International Congress/Festival of the Jew's harp in 1998 - Festival of the Jew's harp & Summer-solstice in 2000 - History of the manufacturing in Molln by Angela Mohr - about the legendary maker Franz Bernögger - course for Jew's harp-playing in Molln

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

  

Language: E N G L I S H
5.
4th International Jew's harp
Congress & Festival
in Norway

(in Rauland, 11 - 15 september 2002)

this website informs you about:

registrations for this festival etc. - how to get there - program of the festival and the congress - several traditions in these Norwegian areas

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

Language: I T A L I A N
6.
Mostra Laboratorio
Sullo Scacciapensieri
(Explications about an Sicilian
Jew's harps workshop)

this site informs you about:

history of the Jew's harp in Europe - private collection of Fabio Tricomy - video information about the manufacturing of several Jew's harp specimens - and more...

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 Language: E N G L I S H
7.

MORCHANG
of Rajasthan (India)

The side infroms you about:

short history of the Jew's harp in Asia - speciality morchang of Rajasthan - sound sample

For linking to this site: click here

 

 

 

 

Language: E N G L I S H
8.

the Rooria
a Jew's harp precursor-type from
Aotearoa (New Zealand)

this website informs you about:

background of the instrument among the
Maori-people - how to make it - how to play it

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

Language: F R E N C H
9.
LA GUIMBARDE

 this site informs you about:

short review about the origins in Asia - archaeological findings of the past in France - sound sample

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

 

language: E N G L I S H
10.

Jew's Harp
(or: Jaw's Harp)

This website informs you about:

general information about the intsrument's name in European languages - a few anthropological and organological details - bibliography

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

Language: D U T C H
11.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL
JEW'S HARP SPECIMEN

This site informs you about:

Just one (beautiful) picture of a 17th-century Jew's harp, found in Heerenveen, Friesland (Netherlands)

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

Language: E N G L I S H
12.

Harvey Matusow's Jew's Harps Band

WAR BETWEEN FATS & THINS

this website informs you about:

One of the most weirdest LP-recordings ever made with a set of Jew's harp(player)s. The oldest member is then about 78 years old - a rarety with a famous name

For linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

Language: H U N G A R I A N - E N G L I S H

13.

DOROMB - JEW'S HARP

This website infroms you about:

one alinea about the history of the Jew's harp, in two languages by Sebö Ferenc + picture

For linking to this page: click here

  

 

 

 

 

E N G L I S H

14.

Norsk Munnharpeforum
Norwegian Jew's harp forum

informs you about:

knowledge about Jew's harp traditions in Norway
education & courses on Jew's harp in Norway
list of foreign Jew's harp names
former Norwegian Jew's harp festivals
4th International Congress in Rauland (Telemarken)
CD productions in Norway and evrywhere else in the world
Jew's harp forgers in Norway
about the magazine 'Munnharpe'

For linking to this site: click here

 

 

 

 

 

E N G L I S H

15.
Jew's harp
(jooz harp)
music dictionary

informs you about:

a brief organology of the instrument

For linking to this site: click here

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH / FRENCH / VIETNAMESE

16.

TRÂN QUANG HAI

Ethno-musicologist from Vietnam

informs you about:

long lists about musical and scientific reputation of this multi-musicologist, under which his playing on Jew's harps

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

E N G L I S H
17.
'Munnharpas Verden'
or: The Jew's harp World
by: Svein Westad

This website informs you about:

new CD produced by the Norwegian Jew's harp player Svein Westad in co-operation with John Wright, Trận Quang Hai
& Leo Tadagawa

for linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

 

18. E N G L I S H (U.S.A.)

Mouth Music Press
 informs you about:

CD: Highlights of the North American Jew's Harp Festival 1997 MC: Wayland Harman
CD: W.Harman/M.Poss/M.Bruesch Players instructions Tips & tricks Key table Project studio Publications Showroom of Jew's harps by: Hörzing - Wimmer - Schlütter - Szilágyi - Whitlow - Chong Moua Lee and... ku(m)bings, clackamores, mouthbows, humanatones

linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

19. E N G L I S H

Jõgeva Jew's Harp Guild
or
Esthonian Jew's harp Guild

informs you about:

Lóri and P.Tambet give you a brief history of the Jew's harp and tell you how easy it is to make a Jew's harp

linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. E N G L I S H

Chandra & David's Homepage

informs you about:

the Jew's harp in India and in South-Indian classical music - to hear the morchang

linking to this website: click here

 

 

 

 

21. G E R M A N / E N G L I S H

K H O M U S

(Siberian Jew's harp)

The Website of Frank Kolb connects you with:
History of the khomus - soundsamples - video - purchasing Jew's harps (Bades, Schlütter, Szilagyi, Hörzing, Nagase, Prokopiev, Straume) - articles spent on the way of Siberian khomus-music by Spiridon Shishigin & Ivan Alexeyev - links

For connection: click here

 

 

 

 

 22. G E R M A N

Ennser Maultrommelfunde & Maultrommelort Molln

Archaeological excavations on Jew's harps related to the old time production centres in Upper Austria

an article written by Angela Mohr

for connection to this site: click here

 

 

23. G E R M A N

GERMAN JEW'S HARP-SITE

informs you about:

Austrian Jew's harp associations - craftwork of the Mollner makers - the Jew's harp compositions of the eightteenth-centuried composer Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

For connection: click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. E N G L I SH

The Jew's harp from India (Rajasthan)

Informs you about

The different types of Jew's harp in the East, pointing up to the Indian morchang type of Rajasthan

For connection: click here

 

 

 

 

 

25. E N G L I S H

"AT THE DAWN OF THE MILLENIUM"

- the Jew's harp -
part I & II

website / texts by Adrian Pertout;
extensive information about:

etymology - classification - typology - construction -geographic distribution - history - musical functions - playing techniques -repertoire - geo-linguistic servey of terms - bibliography

to connect to this website: click here

 

 

26. H U N G A R I A N - E N G L I S H

DOROMB - JEW'S HARP

text by Sebö Ferenc

informs you about:

a short, general discription of the Jew's harp (history, geographical distribution through Asia)

to connect with this site: click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27. language: E N G L I S H

THE KHOMUS MUZEUM
Jew's harp of the World People

Informs you about:

Khomus Museum in Yakutsk - co-workers of the museum - three Yakutian Jew's harp players: Gogoleva - Ogotoev - Shishigin

To connect: click here

 

 

 

 

 

28. E N G L I S H

What's the boing boing?
JEWSAPHONES

of Clayton Bailey

the website informs you about:

The phenomena of the Jewsaphone made by artist/craftman Clayton Bailey (California), his selfmade double-reed Jew's harps, mouthbow and his personal collection of other Jew's harps - also attention for his gun harp

If you want to connect: click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

29. D U T C H

ARCHÆOLOGICAL JEW'S HARPS

informs you about:

photo of two 17th- and 18th century brass Jew's harps
found in the fields of Province of Zeeland

to connect with this site: click here

 

 

 

 

 

30. E N G L I S H


JEW'S HARP DEFINITION
ON A T-SHIRT

a screen printing of the Jew's harp and its definition on a T-shirt, made by Tom Norulak

for connection: Jew's harp T-shirt

 

 

 

 

 

 

31. G E R M A N

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Konzert für Maultrommel und Streicher

Finale in Es-dur

J.G. Albrechtsberger wrote about 10 concertinos for
Jew's harp & Mandora (lute) and orchestra

Click here for connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32. E N G L I S H

What is called the Snoopy Jew's harp?

C L I C K H E R E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E n g l i s h

33. The Morsing

Adrian Pertout speaks to mridangam maestro Karaikudi R. Mani and morsing player Srirangam S. Kannan about the South Indian 'Carnatic' Jew's harp tradition.

C L I C K H E R E

 

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