Audio excerpts
Virtual samples from the organ-grinder’s repertoire
Please note:
- All these street organ arrangements for my modifed Topsy 3 are home-made. Contact me if you want a custom arrangement - whether a modification of a number below or something new - for your own street organ, musical box, barrel piano, or whatever.
- The MP3s below use Virtual Studio Technology: this is NOT the real sound, and someone needs to sing!
- Lyrics or translations can be displayed live on a screen, karaoke-style.
| Title | Artist | La | Year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croquetón / Sausage Man | The Singing Organ-Grinder | es en | 2013 | Incidental music written for a children's story by Eva Muñoz about what happens when your food comes fast and in Godzilla-sized portions. Virtual excerpt: Video, possibly from another time or person: |
| Postman Pat / Pat el Cartero / Postmann Pat | Bryan Daly / Ken Barrie | no en | 1970 | In English or Norwegian. Virtual excerpt: Video, possibly from another time or person: |
| Flocon, papillon (Fabulettes) | Anne Sylvestre | fr | 1969 | En souvenir de notre grand ami, Christophe Quinton: Il neigera, il neigera / puis un jour le printemps viendra / Et sur les branches il neigera / des fleurs de pommes et du lilas. Virtual excerpt: |
| Good morning, how are you?' 'Shut up!' | Ivor Cutler | en | 1967 | Don't give me the small talk, give me the big talk. Cutler's songs are both for and about children. Virtual excerpt: |
| Ta Katie t'a quitté | Boby Lapointe | fr | 1962 | Pour une sonnerie, c'est une belle çonnerie! Legendary tonguetwister. Virtual excerpt: Video, possibly from another time or person: |
| James Bond theme | John Barry | 1962 | Quasi-ska version. Virtual excerpt: | |
| The super supper march | Dr. Seuss / Dean Elliott | en | 1957 / 1971 | Hungry, hungry, I am hungry / Table, table, here I come. Virtual excerpt: |
| Concerto for Barrel Organ and Orchestra / Brass Band / Wind Band / Piano etc | Bernie Green | 1957 | The organ-grinder has at last got a serious classical gig but can't throw off the habits of a lifetime. With bleeding chunks of Tchaikovsky (1st Piano Concerto), Rachmaninov (2nd Piano Concerto), Greig (Piano Concerto), Fučik (Entry of the Gladiators) and Waldteufel (Les Patineurs). Virtual excerpt: | |
| Tulpen uit Amsterdam / Tulips from Amsterdam | Ralf Arnie / Van Aleda / Max Bygraves | nl en | 1956 | Typically Dutch: a German waltz about Turkish flowers. Virtual excerpt: |
| When you are old and grey | Tom Lehrer | en | 1953 | On request only. Virtual excerpt: |
| Chinatown, my Chinatown | Jean Schwartz | en | 1930 | Jackie Chan edition. Virtual excerpt: |
| Barnacle Bill the sailor | Hoagy Carmichael / Bix Beiderbecke / Tex Morton / Betty Boop | en | 1927 | It's only me from over the sea / I'm all dressed up like a Christmas tree. With interludes featuring Benny Hill alla turca and the Beautiful Blue Danube (it's brown). Virtual excerpt: Video, possibly from another time or person: |
| Jingle bells / Campanelle, campanelle, belle belle | en it | 1920 | Anglo-Italian version based on Lou Monte. Virtual excerpt: | |
| Ballet of the unhatched chicks | Modest Mussorgsky | 1874 | Edited from an early piano roll. Virtual excerpt: | |
| Ode to Joy / An die Freude | Schiller / Beethoven | de en | 1824 | The recording is of a version for Alan Pell Mini 20. Rowan Atkinson did it all rather differently. Virtual excerpt: Video, possibly from another time or person: |
Update: 2023/03/06