| First Publication | 1847 |
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| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
| Related Works | Pieces based on Chœur des Girondins |
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| Work Title | Chœur des Girondins [Chant des Girondins] |
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| Alternative. Title | Les Girondins. Mourir pour la patrie. Revolutionary Song of '48 |
| Composer | Varney, Alphonse |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IAV 1 |
| First Performance. | 1847/08/03
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| First Publication. | 1847 |
| Copyright Information | Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France : 36e année, Nº 37, 11 Septembre 1847, p.448, reg.205. |
| Librettist | Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) Auguste Maquet (1813–1888) partitally borrowed from Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836) |
| Language | French |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano (possibly orchestra) |
| Related Works | Pieces based on Chœur des Girondins |
| Extra Information | Wikipedia article Originally performed as part of the play Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge, by Dumas and Maquet. Later adopted as the national anthem for the French Second Republic (1848-52), and published in numerous arrangements. |