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Transcript: Revolutionary Sounds: A Bastille Day Music Mix
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- July 14, 2009
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RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
07-14-2009
Revolutionary Sounds: A Bastille Day Music Mix
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 10:00-11:00 AM
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
If the year were 1789 and you were waking up this morning in Paris, you might hear an angry mob outside your window about to storm the hated prison known as the Bastille.
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Tonight the mobs in Paris will be happy, celebrating Bastille Day, which marks the beginning of the French Revolution and the beginning of the end of French royalty.
MONTAGNE: Let's join the crowd by way of a little music, with the help of commentator Miles Hoffman.
MILES HOFFMAN: Hello, Renee, or bonjour. Actually, I think for Bastille ...