TROIS COULEURS, LES, is the title of one of the most popular of the political songs written after the French Revolution of 1830, celebrating the fall of the white flag and the return of the tricolor. It rivalled in popularity the Parisienne, and at one time, even the Marseillaise itself. It was written in one night by Adolphe Vogel, grandson of the author of ‘Démophon,
’ who was born at Lille in , and had just begun his studies at the...
