Bella Union

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Theme code Index	3424 31H2H6
Also known as	R. Tyson
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	4 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 58.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BELLA UNION. American, Reel. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by R. Tyson. New York researcher, writer and musician Don Meade believes this tune was named for San Francisco's Bella Union, a "melodeon" or variety theatre.

Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 32. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 118, pg. 80. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 58.

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