 "L'Internationale", original French version | |
International anthem of anarchists, anti-capitalists, anti-fascists, communists, socialists, democratic socialists, and social democrats | |
| Also known as | « L'Internationale » |
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| Lyrics | Eugène Pottier, 1871 |
| Music | Pierre De Geyter, 1888 |
| Audio sample | |
Instrumental rendition in A major | |
"The Internationale"[a] is an international anthem that has been adopted as the anthem of various anarchist, communist, socialist, democratic socialist, and social democratic movements.[1][2] It has been a standard of the socialist movement since the late nineteenth century, when the Second International adopted it as its official anthem. The title arises from the "First International", an alliance of workers which held a congress in 1864. The author of the anthem's lyrics, Eugène Pottier, an anarchist, attended this congress.[3][4] Pottier's text was later set to an original melody composed by Pierre De Geyter, a Marxist.[5]
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- ^ World Book Encyclopedia, 2018 ed., s.v. "Internationale, The"
- ^ "The International Anarchist Congress, Amsterdam, 1907" (PDF). www.fdca.it. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Nic Maclellan (2004). Louise Michel: Rebel Lives. Ocean Press. pp. 7, 89. ISBN 9781876175764.
- ^ Donny Gluckstein. "Decyphering 'The Internationale'".
- ^ "Did you know that the composer of 'The Internationale' was Belgian?". Focus on Belgium. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.