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Rouget de Lisle (Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle) (1760-1836). French officer in the Army of the Rhine. Famous for composing ""La Marseillaise"". The first performance of the piece took place on 26 April 1792, in the salon of Baron Frederic de Dietrich, Mayor of Strasbourg. The ""Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin"" (War Song for the Army of the Rhine), the hymn of the Marseillais volunteers, became known as ""La Marseillaise"". On 14 March 1879 it became the national anthem of France. Rouget de Lisle singing La Marseillaise for the first time, at Dietrich's house. Chromolithography by Vicente Gine. ""Los Girondinos"" (Revolucion Francesa) (The Girondins, French Revolution), by A. de Lamartine. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1904.

Date

19e siècle

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG26A11_346

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Droits gérés

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46.9Mo (6.3Mo) / 41.0cm x 28.7cm / 4843 x 3387 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Rouget de Lisle military officer captain composer singing audience piano musical instrument music women men Marseillaise home room Baron Frederic de Dietrich Mayor Strasbourg chromolithography Vicente Gine French Revolution France French anthem performance audition Army of the Rhine volunteers army 18th century