The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, was penned by army engineer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle during the French revolutionary wars in 1792.

Claude-Joseph Rouget De Lisle (1760-1836) portrayed performing La Marseillaise for the first time. It was sung by troops from Marseilles as they approached Paris, leading to its nickname.

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 ...

Written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, following the declaration of war by France against Austria, the song was later adopted by the protagonists of the French Revolution. In 1795, it ...

• In 1792, the national anthem of France, La Marseillaise, was composed by Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. • In 1915, ...

'La Marseillaise' Unmasked: ... Not so for the French, who have "La Marseillaise," composed by Claude Joseph de Lisle in 1792 as the French Revolution was in full swing.

the potent marseillaise; song and music are not great, but saved france. how rouget de lisle wrote it -- it had nothing to do with mar- seilles town -- national songs are rarely of high rank.

Claude-Joseph Rouget De Lisle (1760-1836) portrayed performing La Marseillaise for the first time. It was sung by troops from Marseilles as they approached Paris, leading to its nickname.

One night during the French Revolution, after France declared war on Russia, young Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle composed the music and lyrics to La Marseillaise. The young man, a captain of the ...

La Marseillaise was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, ... Rouget de Lisle ran back to his room half-drunk from that meeting and in the space of just a few hours wrote la Marseillaise.