Annotation:Starlight Stop Jig

{{TuneAnnotation STARLIGHT. American, "Stop Jig" (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Starlight" is categorized as a "stop jig", a combination of two dance elements of late 19th solo dancing, often for the stage. A "straight jig" is a type of syncopated duple-time reel, akin to a schottische, used as a vehicle for solo dancing (often for the stage). It became a fashion for a time to build in 'stops' in dances where the movements ceased altogether for a short period of time and dancers hesitated or even stood frozen in place, before the music and dance commenced again a beat or two later. |f_printed_sources=A.S. Bowman (J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, etc.), Phila., 1908; No. 19, p. 6. |f_see_also_listing=See/hear Duke Univ. Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz explain some of the late 19th century dances at youtube.com [1]
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