PARISIENNE, LA. Out of the many melodies associated with the Revolution of 1830 two have survived, and in some sense become national airs, ‘La Parisienne
’ and ‘Les Trois Couleurs.
’ The first commemorates the influence of Paris, and the triumph of the Orleanist party; the second is Republican, and in the name of France proclaims the triumph of democracy. [See Trois Couleurs, Les.]
Casimir Delavigne, librarian of the Palais Royal, and the favourite poet of Louis Philippe, was the first...