When I was a kid (in Europe in the 60s), mom & dad gave me a small book of Heine poems including my favorite, "The Two Grenadiers" (veterans of the Napoleonic wars). About 15 years ago, I heard it as a song by Robert Schumann. There's a musical phrase near the end (when one of the characters in the poem is dying) where Schumann uses a bit of "La Marseillaise" that I think is powerful.
Robert Meyer
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