Hymn for the Festival of Marriage
Although festivals drew much smaller audiences during the final years of the Revolution, the government continued to celebrate them. Now, however, they tended to commemorate apolitical events: thus a festival, and hymn, devoted to the subject of marriage.
1798
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/618/
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Hymn of 21 January
With lyrics drawn from a <em>Republican Ode </em>composed by the revolutionary poet Lebrun in 1793, this hymn commemorates the execution of Louis XVI.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/616/
616
Song for the Festival of Old Age
This song was composed for one of the many Directorial festivals that were not overtly political. Several, like the festival for which this song was composed, celebrated important moments in the life cycle.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/619/
619