Bruce's March (1)

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Theme code Index	5551H 3H3H3H2H
Also known as	Star of Bethlehem (The), Caledonian March, Dirge of the Berlin Band, Loch na Gar (1), Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Military, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA/Mid-Atlantic"USA/Mid-Atlantic" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number	No. 156, pp. 92-93
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
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BRUCE'S MARCH [1]. AKA and see "The Star of Bethlehem," "Caledonian March," "Dirge of the Berlin (Pa.) Band," "Loch Na Gar [1]," "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine [1]" (infrequently). American, March. USA, Southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is apparently Scottish, according to Bayard, but he was unable to trace it. Some forms of the tune were used for shape-note hymns. "Bruce's March" was a local title from southwestern Pennsylvania, perhaps from a local musician or from Bruce & Emmett's fife tutor.

Sources for notated versions: The Hoge manuscript, No. 22 [Bayard]. From fifer Thomas J. Hoge, who compiled a ms. of fife tunes played by southwestern Pennsylvania fifers, now housed at the Folk Music Archive at the Library of Congress.

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 156, pp. 92-93.

X:1
T:Bruce's March [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Hoge ms. (Pa.), No. 22
K:D
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