Editing French Revolution (section)

====La Marseillaise====
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[[File:marche-des-marseillois.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|left|Marche des Marseillois, 1792, satirical etching, London<ref>{{Cite web |first=Richard |last=Newton |date=1792 |title=Marche des Marseillois, satirical etching |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1988-1001-4 |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=[[British Museum]] |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409221448/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1988-1001-4 |url-status=live }} The text is from the French original, but Newton invented the images of the dancing soldiers himself.</ref>]]
"{{Lang|fr|[[La Marseillaise]]|italic=no}}" ({{IPA|fr|la maʁsɛjɛːz}}) became the [[national anthem]] of France. The song was written and composed in 1792 by [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]], and was originally titled "{{Lang|fr|Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin}}". The [[French National Convention]] adopted it as the [[French First Republic|First Republic's]] anthem in 1795. It acquired its nickname after being sung in Paris by [[Fédéré|volunteers]] from [[Marseille]] marching on the capital.

The song is the first example of the "European march" anthemic style, while the evocative melody and lyrics led to its widespread use as a song of revolution and incorporation into many pieces of classical and popular music. De Lisle was instructed to 'produce a hymn which conveys to the soul of the people the enthusiasm which it (the music) suggests.'{{Sfn|Cerulo|1993|pp=243–271}}
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