Jew's Harp Music

"When The Saints Go Marching in" The origins of this song are unclear. Vladimir Markov played it on the jew's harp along the minus one recording "best Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In".

Видео с нашего выступления с ансамблем "Улица" на фестивале народной музыки в Суздале

Do you know that there was a Russian composer who created music specially for the jew’s harp, including jew’s harp ensembles? His name was Rostislav Mironovich, he lived and worked for several years in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzia, where he met with folk Kyrgyz music and the jew’s harp (temur-komuz). He wrote a number of pieces for symphonic orchestra and was a leader of creating an Opera theatre in Bishkek, in the same period and many years later he wrote some melodies for jew’s harp based on folk tunes of USSR people (Kyrgyz, Ukrain, Russian and others) and author tunes also. One of them is “The Kyrgyz tune” that was played by Baikal jew’s harp ensemble. Baikal jew's harp ensemble unites jew's harp players from Vladimir Markov's jew's harp school and plays authors and folk melodies in own treatment adapted to jew's harp. Baikal jew's harp ensemble: Vladimir Markov, Valentina Markova, Irina Bogatyreva, Julia Fedorova, Anna Rodionova, Vladimir Sidorov, Alexandr Logutko. Composed by Rostislav Mirinovich Video by Vladimir Markov