Songs of revolution

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Social Issues

 

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Heather G

 

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June 18, 2013

 

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University

 

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Songs, on the other hand, were casual compositions that consisted of new verses rhymed (often poorly) to a well-known tune. These compositions were most popular among amateurs, who sang them in streets, parks, cafes, and public squares. What hymns and songs had in common was their ability to circulate political information and opinions through a society that was only partly literate...
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Catchy tunes helped listeners remember instructive or polemical lyrics as they inspired political passions and military fervor. The meaning and content of hymns and songs changed repeatedly throughout the 1790s, reflecting and helping to shape the political currents of the Revolution. Hymns were the first to receive explicit attention from revolutionaries, who had several reasons to consider their pedagogic potential soon after the taking of the Bastille: not only had hymns played an important part in royal and religious ceremonial, but Enlightened philosophes claimed that music stirred and possibly even exalted the emotions...
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