Marche Henri IV

Lyrics

In other works

• Marche Henri IV was a common leitmotif for French royalty in several 19th-century works, such as in Gioachino Rossini's opera Il viaggio a Reims and in the final march in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
• It was set for piano solo by Franz Liszt in c. 1870-80.
• It is mentioned as one of the tunes played in Russia after the defeat of Napoleon in "The Blizzard" by Alexander Pushkin.
• The anthem is also mentioned in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, and actually performed by French prisoners in the Russian film production of the same name.
• In Les Misérables, Victor Hugo has the character of Grantaire sing alternate Dionysian lyrics to the tune to rile his fellow student insurrectionists.
• It is used in the soundtrack for the television series , when introducing a scene involving French military forces.