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Marchal, nous voil !
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'"Marchal, nous voil !"' ("Marshal, here we are!") is a 1941 French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Ptain. The lyrics were composed by Andr Montagard; its music was attributed to Andr Montagard and Charles Courtioux but actually plagiarized from a song composed for the 1933 musical " by Polish Jewish composer Kazimierz Oberfeld, who deported to Auschwitz in 1945, where he died. Nathalie Dompnier, Entre 'La Marseillaise' et 'Marchal, nous voil !' quel hymne pour le rgime de Vichy ? , dans Myriam Chimnes (dir.), 'La vie musicale sous Vichy', ditions Complexe IRPMF-CNRS, coll. Histoire du temps prsent , 2001, p. 71
Although "La Marseillaise" remained the official national anthem of the state, "Marchal, nous voil !" was performed on many official and unofficial occasions in France and its territories during the Vichy France Era, often in a famous variation by .
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* Nathalie Dompnier, Entre 'La Marseillaise' et 'Marchal, nous voil !' quel hymne pour le rgime de Vichy ? , pp. 6988 [https://books.google.com/books?id=qcBpfEu74c8C], in Myriam Chimnes (dir.), 'La vie musicale sous Vichy', ditions Complexe IRPMF-CNRS, coll. Histoire du temps prsent , 2001, 420 p.
*[http://la.france.nouvelle.free.fr/liens/Marechal_nous_voila.mp3 Marchal, nous voil !] mp3 recording (French)
Category:1940 songs
Category:French songs
Category:French anthems
Category:Propaganda songs
Category:Songs about politicians
Category:Songs about military officers
Category:Vichy France
Category:Cultural depictions of Philippe Ptain
Category:Songs with music by Casimir Oberfeld
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