CLAUDE JOSEPH ROUGET DE LISLE
\klˈɔːd d͡ʒˈə͡ʊsəf ɹˈuːʒt də lˈa͡ɪə͡l], \klˈɔːd dʒˈəʊsəf ɹˈuːʒt də lˈaɪəl], \k_l_ˈɔː_d dʒ_ˈəʊ_s_ə_f ɹ_ˈuː_ʒ_t d_ə l_ˈaɪ_əl]\
Definitions of CLAUDE JOSEPH ROUGET DE LISLE
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A French officer and song-writer; born at Lons-le-Saulnier, May 10, 1760; died at Choisyle-Roi, June 26 or 27, 1836. He composed both words and music of "La Marseillaise", when he was an officer of engineers at Strasburg, on the night of April 25, 1792. It first appeared under the title of "Song of the Army of the Rhine". He wrote several other fragments of songs, included in his "Fifty French Songs, Words of Various Authors, Set to Music by Rouget de Lisle" (1825); and other poems, stories, and plays, of but little merit.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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