Annotation:Destruction of the Bastile

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X:1 T:Destruction of the Bastile M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune N:"Performed by Mr. King" Q:"Allegro" B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G gg dd|B3d|GG AA|B/A/B/c/ B/A/B/c/|gg dd|B3d| GG AF|G2G2::dd BB|cc A2|dd BB|d/c/B/c/ A2| Bd/B/ A/B/c/A/|Bd/B/ A/B/c/A/|GG AF |G2 G2!End!:|| K:Gmin B2 AG|d3G|^FFGG|A^F D2| c3A|B3G|A2^F2|G2G2!D.C.!||


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
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.


Additional notes

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.

Recorded sources: -


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