The Royal Anthem of France is a very old tune, and was originally sung as a celebration of King Henry IV. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky incorporated the music into the ballet, Sleeping Beauty, and here is a recording of the Tchaikovsky orchestration by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by André Previn.
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Not as memorable as La Marseillaise, but certainly regal.
So off-topic, I'm not sure where to put this, but it's a brilliant Trump move if I've ever seen one:
Via commenter "Eggplant" at The Belmont Club, the US and Russia's former vassals "lining up in a row, giving Vladimir the middle finger, then dropping their pants and waving their private parts at him."
La Marseillaise is catchier, but it's lyrics are quite bloodthirsty.
I really like the scene from Casablanca where they play La Marseillaise.
If ever people needed their throats cut it was the Nazis.
Does anybody know the song Major Strasser and his men were singing in the cafe when Paul Henreid got the band to strike up La Marseillaise?
Die Wacht am Rhein (Google search).
Dueling anthems.
And without an orchestra, just a piano, the Nazis were out-gunned.
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