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|f_annotation='''STAR OF BETHLEHEM, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)]]," "Boneparte's Retreat [5],"  "Bruce's March" (Pa.), "Caledonian March" (Pa.), "Dirge of the Berlin Band" (Pa.), "[[Freemason's March (The)]]," "[[Loch Na Gar (1)]]," "[[Ranahan's March (1)]]."  American, March (2/4 or 4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BBC (Phillips). Not a Christmas tune, the word ‘star’ in the title is used in the Irish sense, i.e. a beautiful woman. Bayard (1981) believes the tune to be Scottish, though he finds it a "little hard" to trace. Irish versions he found are Breathnach 1963, No. 210, "[[Comhra Donn (An)]]" (The Brown Casket), and an untitled set in Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, Vol. 1'''), No. 46. Forms of the tune appear as the air for hymns in shapenote hymnals.
|f_annotation='''STAR OF BETHLEHEM, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)]]," "Boneparte's Retreat [5],"  "Bruce's March" (Pa.), "Caledonian March" (Pa.), "Dirge of the Berlin Band" (Pa.), "[[Freemason's March (The)]]," "[[Loch na Gar (1)]]," "[[Ranahan's March (1)]]."  American, March (2/4 or 4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BBC (Phillips). Not a Christmas tune, the word ‘star’ in the title is used in the Irish sense, i.e. a beautiful woman. Bayard (1981) believes the tune to be Scottish, though he finds it a "little hard" to trace. Irish versions he found are Breathnach 1963, No. 210, "[[Comhra Donn (An)]]" (The Brown Casket), and an untitled set in Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, Vol. 1'''), No. 46. Forms of the tune appear as the air for hymns in shapenote hymnals.
|f_source_for_notated_version=nine southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers [Bayard]; James Bryan [Phillips].
|f_source_for_notated_version=nine southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers [Bayard]; James Bryan [Phillips].
|f_printed_sources=Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 90. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 156A I, pp. 91 94. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 124 (appears as “Loch na Gar”). Howe (School for the Violin), 1851; p. 17. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; p. 24. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1); No. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1, c. 1880; p. 49 (8th) and vol. 2, No. 214. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 230. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 149. White's Excelsior Collection, p. 70 (2nd).
|f_printed_sources=Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 90. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 156A I, pp. 91 94. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 124 (appears as “Loch na Gar”). Howe (School for the Violin), 1851; p. 17. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; p. 24. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1); No. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1, c. 1880; p. 49 (8th) and vol. 2, No. 214. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 230. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 149. White's Excelsior Collection, p. 70 (2nd).

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STAR OF BETHLEHEM, THE. AKA and see "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)," "Boneparte's Retreat [5]," "Bruce's March" (Pa.), "Caledonian March" (Pa.), "Dirge of the Berlin Band" (Pa.), "Freemason's March (The)," "Loch na Gar (1)," "Ranahan's March (1)." American, March (2/4 or 4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BBC (Phillips). Not a Christmas tune, the word ‘star’ in the title is used in the Irish sense, i.e. a beautiful woman. Bayard (1981) believes the tune to be Scottish, though he finds it a "little hard" to trace. Irish versions he found are Breathnach 1963, No. 210, "Comhra Donn (An)" (The Brown Casket), and an untitled set in Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, Vol. 1), No. 46. Forms of the tune appear as the air for hymns in shapenote hymnals.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - nine southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers [Bayard]; James Bryan [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 90. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 156A I, pp. 91 94. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 124 (appears as “Loch na Gar”). Howe (School for the Violin), 1851; p. 17. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; p. 24. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1); No. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1, c. 1880; p. 49 (8th) and vol. 2, No. 214. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 230. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 149. White's Excelsior Collection, p. 70 (2nd).

Recorded sources : - Field Recorder FRC 701, "Sherman Hammons" (2013). Rounder 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May” (1986).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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