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[Rouget de Lisle, Claude. 1760-1836)] . Marche des Marseillois. 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT. Autograph manuscript in an unknown contemporary hand. 1 page, laid paper, hand ruled. Ca. 1792, including the tune and text of the Marseillaise. In fine condition.
First published during the French Revolution, La Marseillaise - now the French national anthem - "was originally written by a royalist officer as a patriotic song in support of the then French royal government which had declared war on April 20, 1792, against the Emperor Francis of Austria and King William II of Prussia. Subsequently, volunteers from Marseilles heard the song and joined in the storming in the Tuileries on Aug. 10, 1792. The song was thereafter quickly reprinted a great many times, usually under the title Marches des Marseillais or variant thereof." (Fuld).
First published during the French Revolution, La Marseillaise - now the French national anthem - "was originally written by a royalist officer as a patriotic song in support of the then French royal government which had declared war on April 20, 1792, against the Emperor Francis of Austria and King William II of Prussia. Subsequently, volunteers from Marseilles heard the song and joined in the storming in the Tuileries on Aug. 10, 1792. The song was thereafter quickly reprinted a great many times, usually under the title Marches des Marseillais or variant thereof." (Fuld).
[Rouget de Lisle, Claude. 1760-1836)] . Marche des Marseillois. 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT. Autograph manuscript in an unknown contemporary hand. 1 page, laid paper, hand ruled. Ca. 1792, including the tune and text of the Marseillaise. In fine condition.
First published during the French Revolution, La Marseillaise - now the French national anthem - "was originally written by a royalist officer as a patriotic song in support of the then French royal government which had declared war on April 20, 1792, against the Emperor Francis of Austria and King William II of Prussia. Subsequently, volunteers from Marseilles heard the song and joined in the storming in the Tuileries on Aug. 10, 1792. The song was thereafter quickly reprinted a great many times, usually under the title Marches des Marseillais or variant thereof." (Fuld).
First published during the French Revolution, La Marseillaise - now the French national anthem - "was originally written by a royalist officer as a patriotic song in support of the then French royal government which had declared war on April 20, 1792, against the Emperor Francis of Austria and King William II of Prussia. Subsequently, volunteers from Marseilles heard the song and joined in the storming in the Tuileries on Aug. 10, 1792. The song was thereafter quickly reprinted a great many times, usually under the title Marches des Marseillais or variant thereof." (Fuld).