Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836, lithograph by Angers. Rouget de Lise wrote the words of La Marseillaise in April 1792. The melody may be derived from a set of variations written by Viotti in 1784. Alexandre Boucher, the violinist and admirer of Beethoven, may also have been involved in composing the music.

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Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836, lithograph by Angers. Rouget de Lise wrote the words of La Marseillaise in April 1792. The melody may be derived from a set of variations written by Viotti in 1784. Alexandre Boucher, the violinist and admirer of Beethoven, may also have been involved in composing the music.

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