Post by Legion Etrangere on Apr 23, 2009 20:56:08 GMT -5
From our "speiss" up north, Yann Bandy:
Maurice Druon, co-writer of the famous Chant des Partisans died today. In 1940, he was a cadet at the Saumur academy and took part in defense of the school with his fellow cadets, holding off 2 German divisions with only antiquated weapons. This action earned the praise of French and Germans alike. Later, Druon co-wrote the Chants des Partisan which became the anthem of the Maquis and the Resistance in general. A post war vote almost replaced the Marseilliase with this song as the national anthem! Anna Marly was the original singer.
As a kid, I had to memorize this song by heart in school. A very pretty song, an version sung by Yves Montand is very moving.
A little more about M. Druon and the Chant des Partisans here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Druon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant_des_Partisans
www.youtube.com/watch?v=epwynYzSeVQ&feature=related
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Maurice Druon, co-writer of the famous Chant des Partisans died today. In 1940, he was a cadet at the Saumur academy and took part in defense of the school with his fellow cadets, holding off 2 German divisions with only antiquated weapons. This action earned the praise of French and Germans alike. Later, Druon co-wrote the Chants des Partisan which became the anthem of the Maquis and the Resistance in general. A post war vote almost replaced the Marseilliase with this song as the national anthem! Anna Marly was the original singer.
As a kid, I had to memorize this song by heart in school. A very pretty song, an version sung by Yves Montand is very moving.
A little more about M. Druon and the Chant des Partisans here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Druon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant_des_Partisans
www.youtube.com/watch?v=epwynYzSeVQ&feature=related
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