Follow Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle through 2 dated historical records for France.
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Rouget de Lisle composed the song later known as La Marseillaise during the first months of war. Its original association with the Army of the Rhine linked revolutionary music to military mobilization.
Role range: 1789-1792
Rouget de Lisle composed a patriotic song for the Rhine army, later known as La Marseillaise, during the war authorized by the Legislative Assembly.
Role range: 1789-1799
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