- 12 -062016
Hear the Thunder of The Guns in the Cour d’Honneur of the Invalides on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December !
Come to the Hôtel des Invalides to celebrate Saint Barbara’s Day and watch spectacular artillery displays and demonstrations. In collaboration with the French School of Artillery of Draguignan, the musée de l’Armée, will host a […]
- 12 -052016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 21
La Marseillaise Today As Chief of the Music of the Republican Guards from 1927 to 1944, Pierre Dupont (1888-1969) adapted the music of the French national anthem to military orchestras taking into account their instrumental […]
- 11 -182016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 20
Mockery & cetera Following its creation in 1792, the song written by Rouget de Lisle was translated into several languages, cited, spoofed and even misused. The French People along with some foreigners appropriated La Marseillaise, […]
- 11 -152016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 19
During the Second World War Throughout the Second World War, La Marseillaise remained the French national anthem both for the État Français [French State of the Vichy Government] and the French Resistance. Although the anthem […]
- 11 -082016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 18
War Bonds Although exceptional credits were voted by the Legislative Assembly in order to finance military operations and war industries in the early stages of the war, very soon France started facing a liquidity crisis. […]
- 10 -192016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 17
Translation de cendres Although translations differ from burials, they have similar aspects. During a translation, the body of the defunct buried in a cemetery is exhumed and the remains also referred to in French as […]
- 10 -172016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 16
The arc de triomphe de l’Étoile On 17 July 1915, the coffin of Rouget de Lisle was taken from a van and placed on a wheeled gun carriage beneath the arc de triomphe de l’Étoile. […]
- 10 -062016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 15
At Choisy-Le-Roi The photograph on the right shows the stone sarcophagus–162 cm long, 30 cm deep and 30 cm high–unearthed on 12 July 1915. The name of the defunct is engraved on both sides. A […]
- 09 -162016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : épisode 14
How the idea Translation of the Body came about The idea of translating the remains of Rouget de Lisle at the Panthéon was not a new idea. On 30 April 1913, one could read in […]
- 09 -092016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 13
A “Living Embodiment of La Marseillaise” In 1905, Louise-Anthelmine Chenal, also known as Marthe Chenal (1881-1947) won first prize of singing and opera at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. The following year, she […]
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