by Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764 - 1811)
La France nous appelle
Language: French (Français)
La France nous appelle, Sachons vaincre ou sachons périr; Un Français doit vivre pour elle, Pour elle un Français doit mourir.
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- by Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764 - 1811) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "La France nous appelle", 1986 [mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano], from the a play - incidental music Herstory III: Jehanne de Lorraine, no. 5, confirmed with composer's website [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-16
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