Maréchal, nous voilà !

"Maréchal, nous voilà !" ("Marshal, here we are!") is a French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain. The lyrics were composed by André Montagard and its music was attributed to André Montagard 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 national anthem of the state, but "Maréchal, nous voilà !" was popular during the Vichy era. Officially, the song was written in 1941, but Montagard and Courtioux actually plagiarized another song composed by Polish Jewish composer Kazimierz Oberfeld, "La Margoton du bataillon".[1] Oberfeld was later deported to Auschwitz in 1945, where he died.

Notes
  1. (in French) Nathalie Dompnier, « Entre La Marseillaise et Maréchal, nous voilà ! quel hymne pour le régime de Vichy ? », dans Myriam Chimènes (dir.), La vie musicale sous Vichy, Éditions Complexe – IRPMF-CNRS, coll. « Histoire du temps présent », 2001, p. 71

Bibliography
  • (in French) Nathalie Dompnier, « Entre La Marseillaise et Maréchal, nous voilà ! quel hymne pour le régime de Vichy ? », pp. 69–88 , in Myriam Chimènes (dir.), La vie musicale sous Vichy, Éditions Complexe – IRPMF-CNRS, coll. « Histoire du temps présent », 2001, 420 p. ISBN 2-87027-864-0 ISBN 978-2870278642
  • Maréchal, nous voilà ! mp3 recording (French)


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