Rouget de Lisle

American  

[roo-zhe duh leel] / ruˈʒɛ də ˈlil /

Or Rouget de I'Isle

noun

1. Claude Joseph 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.

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Rouget de Lisle British  

/ ruʒɛ də lil /

noun

1. Claude Joseph (klod ʒozɛf). 1760–1836, French army officer: composer of the Marseillaise (1792), the French national anthem

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Example Sentences

There was then a young officer of artillery in garrison at Strasbourg, named Rouget de Lisle.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

At the house of the Voiarts in Choisy-le-Roi, Rouget de Lisle died in 1836.

From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Rowlands, Walter

Rouget de Lisle invented his great patriotic hymn, christened in the following August the Marseillaise.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)

This celebrated song was written by Rouget de Lisle, who also composed the air.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

Its author, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was born at Montaigu, Lous-le-Saulnier, in 1760.

From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Rowlands, Walter