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 (DIR) Post #AV8EVIioq1rgWLU9dA by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-04-29T03:38:05Z
       
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       25-26 April 1792: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) composed the #Marseillaise in Strasbourg as the "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin."Its adoption by troops going from the south of France to Paris lent it the name, "Marseillaise."Stefan Zweig portrayed the birth of the anthem in one of his series of vignettes of stellar moments in history (Sternstunden der Menschheit; 1927, expanded edition 1940, which included this piece).Audio recordinghttps://youtu.be/TVTA1hTTyao1/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AV8Fi89pWksrTUnjHs by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-04-29T03:51:36Z
       
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       Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856), the greatest French sculptor of the 19th century, befriended Rouget de Lisle toward the end of the latter's life and included him in the popular series of portrait medals (Reinis #413).Here, a later cast, with added inscription2/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AV8H2xetrBrcwrpY8G by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-04-29T04:06:35Z
       
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       When the sculptor Pierre-Jean Davi d'Angers (1788-1856) visited Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836), he was shocked to find the composer of the Marseillaise infirm and living in poverty.Rouget de Lisle's dictated letters to his physician Émile Chapelain often describe his physical afflictions. In this one from 1828, he in addition notes that he is about to dine with David.3/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AV8HmDrKTF5ADzE64m by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-04-29T04:14:46Z
       
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       Just to show you how everything becomes trivialized and commodified, the "Marseillaise" (composed 25-26 April1792) here becomes a brand of hair product for women of the Belle Époque:A superior and domestic product to clean, beautify, and strengthen the hair.Guarantees prompt disappearance of lice, nits, dandruff, and grime.This was a time when, as Eugen Weber reminds us, hair  was "washed seldom if ever."http://tofindtheprinciples.blogspot.com/2015/07/revolutionize-your-hair-with-la.html4/n
       
 (DIR) Post #AV8IC98wcv1Z7ypM8m by historian1661@c18.masto.host
       2023-04-29T04:19:26Z
       
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       @CitizenWald I used La Petit Marseillais soap when I was in Paris.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV8IMReudngTRsgtXs by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-04-29T04:21:18Z
       
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       @historian1661 Interesting! I wonder whether they are connected
       
 (DIR) Post #AV8LHMuLB5yD7zB6P2 by historian1661@c18.masto.host
       2023-04-29T04:53:58Z
       
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