Maréchal, nous voilà !
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"Maréchal, nous voilà !" ("Marshal, here we are!") is a French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain. Lyrics were composed by André Montagnard (1888-1963), and music was attributed to André Montagnard and Charles Courtioux.[1] The song was performed by André Dassary and on many official occasions in France and Algeria during Vichy France.
"La Marseillaise" remained the official anthem of the state, but a popular though unofficial song was "Maréchal, nous voilà !" Officially, the song was created in 1941, but Montagnard and Courtioux actually plagiarized another song composed by Casimir Oberfeld, "La Margoton du bataillon".[1]
Oberfeld was later deported and murdered at Auschwitz in 1945.
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- (French) Nathalie Dompnier, « Entre La Marseillaise et Maréchal, nous voilà ! quel hymne pour le régime de Vichy ? », pp. 69-88 [1], in Myriam Chimènes (dir.), La vie musicale sous Vichy, Éditions Complexe – IRPMF-CNRS, coll. « Histoire du temps présent », 2001, 420 p. ISBN 2870278640 ISBN 978-2870278642
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