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Composition in Strasbourg

When
25 April 1792
Where
Strasbourg
Part of
Composition of La Marseillaise

Rouget de Lisle composed the song in Strasbourg on 25 April 1792, following a request from the mayor.

On 25 April 1792, Baron Philippe Friedrich Dietrich asked Rouget de Lisle to compose a song to rally soldiers. Rouget de Lisle wrote the words in a fit of patriotic excitement, dedicating the song to Marshal Nicolas Luckner.

Sources

  1. La Marseillaise Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10
  2. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-28

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