La Marseillaise

March · 4/4 · D major

La Marseillaise is the national anthem of France, written and composed in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg as a wartime marching song for the army of the Rhine. Characterized by a stirring and martial 4/4 meter in the key of D major, its triumphant and passionate style became a universally recognized symbol of revolutionary fervor and national liberation. Historically associated with the French Revolution, the tune was famously sung by volunteer units from Marseille as they entered Paris, quickly cementing its enduring legacy in world history.

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