Annotation:Destruction of the Bastile

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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.

Storming the Bastille



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.

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.

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