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, about whom nothing is known. He was a performer as well as composer however, for his name is referenced elsewhere in Ryan's Mammoth as "performed 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.

Printed sources: 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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L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:E
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GBeg fece | GzAz F2(AF) | cedf e2 :: (de) | .f(BAB) .g(BAB) | .a.B.g.B .f(BAB) | 
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