PastMasters Public Domain Composers

Name Rouget de Lisle
Born 1760
Died 1836
Works

PM010 Virginia Marseillaise

PM027 La Marseillaise

Notes: Wrote the national anthem of France in 1792 in support of Louis 17th's unpopular Austian-Prussian war. First titled "Chant de guerre pour Parmee du Rhin" and was soon taken by revolutionaries as a folk song. Revived by Hector Berlioz during the 1830 "July Revolution".

 

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