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  2. La Marseillaise - Wikipedia

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    "La Marseillaise" [a] is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria , and was originally titled " Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin " [ b ] ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine ").

  3. La Marseillaise des Blancs - Wikipedia

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    La Marseillaise des Blancs (English: The Marseille [Song] of the 'Blancs') is a royalist and Catholic adaptation of the national anthem of France, La Marseillaise.The lyrical content of the Royal and Catholic variation is strongly counter-revolutionary and originated from the War in the Vendée, where locals attempted to resist the republican forces in 1793.

  4. You'll Have to Put Him to Sleep with the Marseillaise and ...

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    You'll Have to Put Him to Sleep with the Marseillaise and Wake Him Up with a Oo-La-La is a World War I song written in 1918. Andrew B. Sterling wrote the lyrics, and Harry Von Tilzer composed the music. [1] The song was produced by the Harry Von Tizler Publishing Company in New York City. On the cover of the sheet music is a soldier kissing a ...

  5. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle - Wikipedia

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    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.Isle 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.

  6. Carmagnole - Wikipedia

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    La Carmagnole has also been documented as a battle cry. At the battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792 it is written that, "the sans-culottes in the army rushed the enemy singing "La Marseillaise" and "La Carmagnole." It was a great republican victory, and all of Belgium fell to the revolutionary armies." [6]

  7. National anthem - Wikipedia

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    Most of the best-known national anthems were written by little-known or unknown composers such as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of "La Marseillaise" and John Stafford Smith who wrote the tune for "The Anacreontic Song", which became the tune for the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". The author of "God Save the King ...

  8. Chant des Partisans - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics of the song revolve around the idea of a life-or-death struggle for national liberation. After the war the "Chant des Partisans" was so popular, it was proposed as a new national anthem for France. It became for a short while the unofficial national anthem, next to the official "La Marseillaise".

  9. Worker's Marseillaise - Wikipedia

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    The "Worker's Marseillaise" [a] is a Russian revolutionary song named after "La Marseillaise", the current national anthem of France. It is based on a poem of Pyotr Lavrov , first published on 1 July 1875 in London as "A New Song".