Annotation:Twilight Star (The)

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TWILIGHT STAR, THE (Realt an clapsolais). AKA and see "Silver Star Hornpipe," "Star Hornpipe (4) (The)." Irish, Hornpipe (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was earlier printed in Boston by William Bradbury Ryan under the title "Silver Star Hornpipe." Paul de Grae notes, "The second part, or at least the first part of it, is like that of 'Goodnatured Man (The)'"^[1].

Additional notes

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 183. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1641, p. 305.

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↑ Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017 [1].

[1] Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017 [1].

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