"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The
song, originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée
du Rhin" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine") was
written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
in 1792. The French National Convention adopted it as
the Republic's anthem in 1795. The melody soon became
the rallying call to the French Revolution and was
adopted as La Marseillaise after the melody was first
sung on the streets by volunteers (fédérés in
French) from Marseill...(+)
"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The
song, originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée
du Rhin" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine") was
written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
in 1792. The French National Convention adopted it as
the Republic's anthem in 1795. The melody soon became
the rallying call to the French Revolution and was
adopted as La Marseillaise after the melody was first
sung on the streets by volunteers (fédérés in
French) from Marseille. The Convention accepted it as
the French national anthem in a decree passed on 14
July 1795, making it France's first anthem; but it lost
this status under Napoleon I, and the song was banned
outright by Louis XVIII, and Napoleon III, only being
re-instated briefly after the July Revolution of 1830.
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
"La Marseillaise" was recognised as the anthem of the
international revolutionary movement, and in 1871, it
had been adopted by the Paris Commune. Eight years
later in 1879, it was restored as France's national
anthem, and has remained so ever since. (Wikipedia)
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