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"Music for a Found Harmonium" is a tune written by English guitarist and composer Simon Jeffes on a harmonium he had found in a back street in Kyoto where he was staying in the summer of 1982 after the first tour of Japan by his ensemble Penguin Cafe Orchestra. In 2004, Patrick Street's cover of "Music for a Found Harmonium" was featured in the film "Napoleon Dynamite", and the following year in the film "It's All Gone Pete Tong". Read more on Last.fm.
Patrick Street was one of the top Irish traditional bands of the 1980s, formed in Dublin in 1986 by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Jackie Daly (De Dannan) on button accordion, Andy Irvine (Sweeney's Men, Planxty) on bouzouki and vocals, and Arty McGlynn (Van Morrison, Planxty) on guitar. McGlynn later left the group, and other members were added: Ged Foley (The House Band, Battlefield Band) on guitar, and Declan Masterson on uilleann pipes and keyboards. They have also played with Donal Lunny, Bill Whelan and Enda Walsh.
"Music For A Found Harmonium" was featured on the soundtrack to the independent motion picture "Napoleon Dynamite." However, due to a rights issue, the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra version (actually played on a harmonium) was used on the CD release of the soundtrack. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.