Fwench+Revolution+Music

Music  The Revolutionaries knew the importance of music in this war. The artists would now be ignored, they would be embraced. Composers were urged to write songs for the revolution. Over a thousand pieces were created in the years between 1789 and 1800. The most famous is Le Marseillaise, which became the French National Anthem. It was writen by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792 and declared the anthem three years later. This is the beginning of the song: ||  || The day of glory has arrived! Against us tyranny's Bloody flag is raised! (repeat) In the countryside, do you hear The roaring of these fierce soldiers? They come right to our arms To slit the throats of our sons, our friends! // //Grab your weapons, citizens! Form your batallions! Let us march! Let us march! May impure blood Water our fields! //  || media type="custom" key="720833" width="195" height="132" || Mehul, Lesueur, and Gossec wrote marches for the occasions. Francois Joseph Gossec organized the Ecole de Chant with Mehul in 1784, and was also the conductor of the band of the Guarde Nationale. Mehul, renowned as the essential opera composer of the French Revolution, lead music and opera in a new direction. He introduced intense emotional plots and dramatic use of instruments and was consequently seen as the first Romantic composer. ||    || before the performance. ||  || heroes against the opressors. It was called "Rescue" Opera. Beethoven was influenced by them--his only opera, Fidelio, is a rescue opera. media type="custom" key="724951" width="269" height="147" || || 
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