1792 During the French Revolution, Marseilles supported the French Revolution, and 500 Marseille volunteers went to Paris to defend the revolutionary government. They sang "Battle Hymn of the Rhine" on the road. Passionate singing and strong appeal inspired them to fight for their country. This song later became the national anthem of France and was called "La Marseillaise".
Creation background
The author's name is Claude de Lyle. During the French Revolution, he was the engineering captain of the Strasbourg City Guard. He often goes to the home of Dietrich, a famous patriot in Alsace and mayor of Strasbourg. Mrs Dietrich and her daughters, like the mayor, are full of patriotic and revolutionary enthusiasm.
They like this young officer and appreciate his courage, poetry and music. They are always the first appreciators of his new works and his bosom friends. 1792 April, famine enveloped Strasbourg. The life of the mayor Dietrich's family is also poor.
One day, there was only wartime bread and a few slices of ham on the dining table. Dietrich looked at De Lear calmly and said, "As long as there is no shortage of lively atmosphere in citizens' festivals and as long as the soldiers are not lacking in courage, although we are not rich in food, it is nothing! He then said to his daughter, "There is the last bottle of wine in the cellar. Let's drink to freedom and our motherland.
There will be a patriotic festival in Strasbourg. Delier should drink a few drinks and write a song that can inspire people's fighting spirit! The daughters applauded in unison, brought wine and filled the wine for their father and young officers until the wine was finished.