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The author of the original words "Ah! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira" was a former soldier by the name of Ladré who made a living as a street singer.The music is a popular contredanse air called "Le carillon national", and was composed by Jean-Antoine Bécourt [], a violinist (according to other sources: side drum player) of the théâtre Beaujolais.
In their examination of the songs of Anna Marly, the Académie de Lyon describe "La Complainte du partisan" as "une vision déchirante de l'engagement des résistants" (English: "a heartbreaking vision of the commitment of the Resistance members"), and evaluate its structure and the meaning of its words: the song's lyrics are structured as six quatrains; the first and second lines of each is ...
The melody of La guillotine permanente was known long before the French Revolution; its roots date back to the 16th century. [7] [8] The old folk song Si le roi m'avait donné is sung to this melody, [7] [9] Molière quoted it in his comical work The Misanthrope, which premiered in the year 1666. [10]
Another kind of revolutionary songs are folk songs that become popular or change lyrics during revolutions or civil wars. Typical examples, the Mexican song " La Cucaracha " and the Russian song " Yablochko " (Little Apple) have humorous (often darkly humorous) lyrics that come in easily remembered stanzas and vary highly from singer to singer.
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Katy Perry, meet Marie Antoinette. Perry’s new music video for “Hey Hey Hey” is all about the French Revolution, complete with stunning period costuming and gravity-defying coiffures.
[9] La Carmagnole, and revolutionary song in general, was viewed as an important part of the new French Republic, and of being a Frenchman. La Carmagnole was particularly popular because, like the song Ah! ça ira ("It'll do", "Everything will be OK"), it contained simple lyrics that illiterate people could easily learn and understand, and ...
Ça Ira (French for "It will be all right", subtitled "There is Hope") is an opera by Roger Waters.It comes in three acts and is a concept album.The album is based on the French libretto co-written by Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gil on the historical subject of the early French Revolution.