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'''DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE.''' Scottish, March (2/4 time). G major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCAABB. The Bastille [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille] was the hated state prison used by the Kings of France that was stormed by an aroused populace in July, 1789. It's capture and eventual destruction became a potent symbol of the French Revolution. | |||
[[File:bastille.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Storming the Bastille]] It was also the source of some considerable anxiety among the nobility of other countries in Europe, Britain included, lest the 'popular contagion' spread to their lands. | |||
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''Source for notated version'': Aird obtained the tune--in fact he 'borrowed' the whole collection--from Watlen's '''Celebrated Circus Tunes''', without attributing the source. | <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> '''Additional notes''' </font></p> | ||
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - Aird obtained the tune--in fact he 'borrowed' the whole collection--from Watlen's '''Celebrated Circus Tunes''', without attributing the source. | |||
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''Printed sources'': Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4'''), 1796; No. 115, p. 45. Watlen ('''The Celebrated Circus Tunes'''), 1791; p. 19. | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4'''), 1796; No. 115, p. 45. Watlen ('''The Celebrated Circus Tunes'''), 1791; p. 19. | ||
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DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). G major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCAABB. The Bastille [1] was the hated state prison used by the Kings of France that was stormed by an aroused populace in July, 1789. It's capture and eventual destruction became a potent symbol of the French Revolution.
