The Story Of La Marseillaise & How It Became France's National Anthem (The French Revolution S02E05)

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“Let us march! Let us march! May impure blood water our fields!”
Written after the declaration of war against Austria in 1792, “La Marseillaise” was born in the provinces of France, away from the Parisian metropole, and immediately became popular as a unifying rallying cry against foreign invaders, and the enemies of the Revolution. It was the “fédérés” from Marseille, instrumental in the storming of the Tuileries Palace, who had first brought the song to the streets of Paris. But how did this uncomprimising, gruesome tune come to resonate with all the various factions within revolutionary France?

Join Tom and Dominic in the final part of season two of The French Revolution, as they uncover the origins of the most famous war song of them all: La Marseillaise.

00:00 Introduction
00:56 Which is the best national anthem?
02:08 Casablanca
02:24 The most martial national anthem
03:33 How it was written?
08:10 Was the Marseilles plagiarised
09:50 The first performances
13:10 People who didn’t like it
14:59 The first republican anthem
17:17 Taking inspiration from Ancient Rome
26:20 Were they trying to wipe away christianity
29:20 The distinctive clothes of revolution
37:55 Duke of Orléans

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