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Alongside the new educational focus on La Marseillaise the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has just announced a policy of universal national service for all 16-year-olds: it remains to be seen ...
La Marseillaise is "the great example of courage and solidarity when facing danger", historian Simon Schama, told the BBC's Today programme. "That's why it's so invigorating.
The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, was penned by army engineer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle during the French revolutionary wars in 1792.
Mireille Mathieu singing La Marseillaise (with lyrics) Hated by leaders – but loved by composers During the reigns of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis XVIII and Charles X from 1804 to 1830, La Marseillaise ...
Sports fans love to belt out the rousing anthem La Marseillaise. Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP Aux armes, readers, here's a closer look at the rather bloody song that is so dear to many in France ...
Lyrics to La Marseillaise were shown on huge screens at either end of the ground to help fans Wayne Rooney and Hugo Lloris led their sides out with fans in both home end and away end waving ...
La Marseillaise was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a 31-year-old soldier and amateur violinist. He was in Strasbourg on the night of 25 April fearing Austria was about to invade ...