Annotation:Seige of Belgrade (1)

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X:1 T:Seige of Belgrade [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Presto" N:"Performed by the Little Devil" B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 22) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb eG/A/ (B/G/B/G/)|eG/A/ (B/G/B/G/)|(c/B/A/G/) Ff/g/|a/g/f/e/ e/d/c/B/| eG/A/ (B/G/B/G/)|eG/A/ (B/G/B/G/)|(c/B/A/G/) F>a|(g/f/e/d/) e2!End!:|| ge/g/ (e/g/e/g/)|fd/f/ (d/f/d/f/)|(g/e/g/e/) ge/g/|(f/e/d/c/ B)c/d/| (e/c/e/c/) (d/B/d/B/)|(e/c/e/c/) (d/B/d/B/)|(e/g/f/e/) d/c/B/=A/|BB B2!D.C.!||

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SEIGE OF BELGRADE [1]. English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune or Reel (2/4 time). B Flat Major (Watlen): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There was more than one Siege of Belgrade, but the title probably refers to the siege of 1717, in which Prince Eugene of Savoy conquered the Ottoman fortress of Belgrade during the Austro-Venetian-Ottoman war (1714-1718), after the Austrian victory of Petrovaradin. The victory and the peace afterward secured part of the Balkans for Austria at the expense of the Ottomans for a generation, although it was later won back under İvaz Mehmet Pasha.