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"La Marseillaise" [a] is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by the First French Republic against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin ".
" 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 ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle [a] (French: [klod ʒozɛf ʁuʒɛ d(ə) lil]; 10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.
The national symbols of the French Fifth Republic are: [1] The French flag; The national anthem: "La Marseillaise" The national personification: Marianne; The national motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, equality, fraternity) The national day: Bastille Day (celebrated on 14 July) The Gallic rooster; The lictor's fasces emblem
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"La Carmagnole" is the title of a French song created and made popular during the French Revolution, accompanied by a wild dance of the same name that may have also been brought into France by the Piedmontese. [1] It was first sung in August 1792 and was successively added to during the revolutionary events of 1830, 1848, 1863–64, and 1882-83.
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 ...
The "Chant des Partisans" ([ʃɑ̃ de paʁ.ti.zɑ̃]; "Song of the Partisans") was the most popular song of the Free French and French Resistance during World War II. [1] [2] The piece was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after Anna Marly heard a Russian song, namely Po dolinam i po vzgoriam, that provided her with inspiration.