Editing Jew's harp (section)

===Western classical music===
Early representations of Jew's harps have appeared in Western churches since the fourteenth century.<ref>{{cite web|title=For example, there is a carving of a centaur playing a jaw harp in the Basel Münster. Musiconis Database. Université Paris-Sorbonne|url=http://musiconis.huma-num.fr/fiche/120/Hybride+jouant+de+la+guimbarde|website=Musiconis.huma-num.fr|access-date=January 5, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101542/http://musiconis.huma-num.fr/fiche/120/Hybride%20jouant%20de%20la%20guimbarde|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Austrian composer [[Albrechtsberger|Johann Albrechtsberger]]—chiefly known today as a teacher of [[Beethoven]]—wrote seven concerti for Jew's harp, [[mandora]], and orchestra between 1769 and 1771. Four of them have survived, in the keys of F major, E-flat major, E major, and D major.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Albrechtsberger-Concerto-Jews-Johann-Georg/dp/B000005975 Albrechtsberger: Concerto for Jew's Harp], Amazon CD Listing (Munich Chamber Orchestra, December 19, 1992)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fondationlaborie.com/images/stories/notesdeprogramme/lc08_en.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-08 |archive-date=2022-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507130655/http://www.fondationlaborie.com/images/stories/notesdeprogramme/lc08_en.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> They are based on the special use of the Jew's harp in Austrian folk music.

{{blockquote|In the experimental period at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century there were very virtuoso instrumentalists on the mouth harp. Thus, for example, [[Johann Heinrich Scheibler]] was able to mount up to ten mouth harps on a support disc. He called the instrument "Aura". Each mouth harp was tuned to different basic tones, which made even [[diatonic and chromatic|chromatic]] sequences possible.|Walter Maurer, translated from German<ref>Maurer, Walter (1983). ''Accordion: Handbuch eines Instruments, seiner historischen Entwicklung un seiner Literature'', p.19. Vienna: Edition Harmonia.</ref>}}

Well known performer [[Franz Koch (musician)|Franz Koch]] (1761–1831), discovered by [[Frederick the Great]], could play two Jew's harps at once, while the also well known performer [[Karl Eulenstein]] (1802–1890) "invented a system of playing four at once, connecting them by silken strings in such a way that he could clasp all four with the lips, and strike all the four springs at the same time".<ref>Burnley, James (1886). ''The Romance of Invention: Vignettes from the Annals of Industry and Science'', p.335. Cassell. {{pre-ISBN}}.</ref>

The American composer [[Charles Ives]] wrote a part for Jew's harp in the ''Washington's Birthday'' movement of ''[[A Symphony: New England Holidays]].''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fox |first1=Leonard |title=The Jew's Harp: A Comprehensive Anthology |date=1988 |publisher=Associated University Presses, Inc. |pages=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75NF_xIpENgC&q=charles+ives+jews+harp&pg=PA33 |access-date=12 May 2015 |isbn=9780838751169}}</ref>