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" Le Chant des Girondins" ('The Chant of the Girondins') was the national anthem of the French Second Republic, written for the drama Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge by the writer Alexandre Dumas with Auguste Maquet.
João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s.
French lyrics English translation Veillons au salut de l'empire, Let's ensure the salvation of the Empire, Veillons au maintien de nos lois; Let's ensure the maintenance of our laws; Si le despotisme conspire, If despotism conspires, Conspirons la perte des rois! We conspire the downfall of kings! Liberté! Liberté! que tout mortel te rende ...
The Stan Getz recording featuring the vocal debut of Astrud Gilberto became an international hit. This version had been shortened from the version on the album Getz/Gilberto (recorded in March 1963, released in March 1964), which had also included the Portuguese lyrics sung by Astrud's then-husband João Gilberto.
During the Third Republic, the name of the national anthem was changed to "l'UNITÉ NATIONALE". [6] This was the state anthem written by the party of Rally of the Togolese People that, between 1979 and 1992, replaced "Terre de nos aïeux". It was replaced by the old anthem in 1992, due to concerns that patriotism was equated with loyalty to the ...
French mezzo-soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel sang a rousing rendition of the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” from the roof of the Grand-Palais. Statues representing women in French ...
" Le Chant du départ" (French: [lə ʃɑ̃ dy de.paʁ]; lit. ' The Song of Departure ') is a French revolutionary war song, composed by Étienne Méhul and written by Marie-Joseph Chénier in 1794. It was the official anthem of the French Empire, [2] and it is currently the unofficial regional anthem of French Guiana and the presidential ...
"Partant pour la Syrie" (French: [paʁtɑ̃ puʁ la siʁi]; lit. ' Leaving for Syria ' ) was the de facto national anthem of the Second French Empire , used between 1852 and 1870. The music was composed by Hortense de Beauharnais , [ 1 ] and the lyrics were written by Alexandre de Laborde , in or around 1807.