Rouget de Lisle
Americannoun
noun
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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 was an officer of engineers in 1790, and in spite of his republican opinions, incarcerated during the reign of terror and only saved by the 9th Thermidor.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
Every evening he asked a number of the officers to sup with him, and one evening Rouget de Lisle was invited.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward
Napoleon gloried in this success, proposing to Rouget de Lisle, the writer of the Marseillaise, that a battle-hymn should commemorate the coming of peace with victory.
From Heroes of Modern Europe by Birkhead, Alice
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)
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