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|f_annotation='''STAR OF BETHLEHEM, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)]]," "[[Bonaparte's Retreat (5)]]," "Bruce's March" (Pa.), "Caledonian March" (Pa.), "Dirge of the Berlin Band" (Pa.), "[[Freemason's March (1)]]," "[[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)]]," "[[Bonaparte's Retreat (5)]]," "Bruce's March" (Pa.), "Caledonian March" (Pa.), "Dirge of the Berlin Band" (Pa.), "[[Freemason's March (1)]]," "[[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 | |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”). Elias Howe ('''The Musician's Companion Part 1'''), 1842; p. 17. 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_recorded_sources=Field Recorder FRC 701, "Sherman Hammons" (2013). Rounder 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May” (1986). | |f_recorded_sources=Field Recorder FRC 701, "Sherman Hammons" (2013). Rounder 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May” (1986). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/s17.htm#Staofbe] | |f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/s17.htm#Staofbe] | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:50, 10 September 2023
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STAR OF BETHLEHEM, THE. AKA and see "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)," "Bonaparte's Retreat (5)," "Bruce's March" (Pa.), "Caledonian March" (Pa.), "Dirge of the Berlin Band" (Pa.), "Freemason's March (1)," "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.
