Carmagnole
Sign in to savethumb|right|Plate with the text of the beginning of the song "La Carmagnole" is a French song created and made popular during the French Revolution, accompanied by a wild dance of the same name that may have also been brought into France by the Piedmontese. It was first sung in August 1792 and was successively added to during the revolutionary events of 1830, 1848, 1863–64, and 1882-83. The authors are not known. The title refers to the short jacket worn by working-class militant sans-culottes, adopted from the Piedmontese peasant costume named for the town of Carmagnola.
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Carmagnola
- Country of origin
- France
- Image
- Madame Veto.jpg
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- inception
- 1792-08-00
- title
- La Carmagnole
- language of work or name
- French
- publication date
- 1792-08-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- song
- Commons category
- La Carmagnole
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thumb|right|Plate with the text of the beginning of the song "La Carmagnole" is a French song created and made popular during the French Revolution, accompanied by a wild dance of the same name that may have also been brought into France by the Piedmontese. It was first sung in August 1792 and was successively added to during the revolutionary events of 1830, 1848, 1863–64, and 1882-83. The authors are not known. The title refers to the short jacket worn by working-class militant sans-culottes, adopted from the Piedmontese peasant costume named for the town of Carmagnola.
It sarcastically sings of the triumphs over the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette (Madame Veto), King Louis XVI (Monsieur Veto), and the French monarchists in general.
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