Annotation:Harmonica (The)

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 HARMONICA, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The title may refer to the mouth organ, a free-reed instrument commonly called the harmonica, invented in 1821 by German clock maker Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann. Matthias Hohner, still the most famous maker today, began manufacturing the instrument in 1857 from a factory in Trossingen, Germany. The title may also refer to the glass harmonica, an instrument credited to Irish musician Richard Puckeridge who performed in London on a set of upright goblets filled with varying amounts of water. Benjamin Franklin perfected a mechanical version of the instrument that he called the armonica.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 19, p. 29.  Recorded sources:

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