!!!Viennese Classic !!Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: ''Concerto for Jew''''s Harp and Strings'' %%columns-fill [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Komponisten/Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg/090108a.jpg' height='250' alt='Jews harp' caption='Jews harp\\© Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Abteilung für Volkskunde (Foto: Helmut Schubert, Graz)' width='347' popup='false'}] ---- [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Komponisten/Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg/090108b.jpg' height='250' alt='schematic set-up of an orchestra in the 18th c' caption='Schematic set-up of an orchestra in the 18th c\\© Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Abteilung für Volkskunde (Foto: Helmut Schubert, Graz)' width='347' popup='false'}] %% Musical example: Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736 Klosterneuburg/Lower Austria - 1809 Vienna), Concerto for Jew's Harp and Strings in Eb major (1770), Finale. This example documents the attempt to maintain a certain connection between sophisticated instrumental music of the period and Folkmusic. To play a complete scale with the Jew's harp (Maultrommel or Brummeisen), it takes two instruments of approximately the same size that are tuned at the interval of a fourth or a fifth apart. The Jew's harp is held between the slightly-opened rows of teeth so that the metal strip can vibrate; the mouth of the player provides the resonance. By using varying positions of the tongue, cheeks and lips, the player strengthens different overtones and can thus play melodies with a tonal amplitude of 1_ octaves. (E. Stadler) !Sound Clip [{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Komponisten/Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg/090108am.mp3' caption='Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Concerto for Jew's Harp and Strings\\© Klangführer durch die Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, CD-Nr. 516 537-2'}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='' Kontrolle='Nein'}] %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Komponisten/Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg|class='wikipage austrian'] %%