JG Baroque says:
This is a fife & drum arrangement I made of the French folk song "Auprès de ma Blonde" ("Next to My Girl"), also known as "Le Prisonnier de Hollande" ("The Prisoner of Holland"), a song from the late 17th century, when many French soldiers were captive in the Netherlands as a result of the Franco-Dutch War. The image shows the French forces of Louis XIV crossing the Rhine in the first year of the war, with a massive force of about 40 000 men. The painting was made by the French painter Joseph Parrocel in 1699.
1 comment:
Never knew what that tune was called! Well apart from the Elvis version of course.
Regarding that picture, it just shows how canalisation has changed rivers in the modern era. Can't imagine the Rhine being fordable now.
Post a Comment