Cadet Rousselle

The circumstances and exact date of Guillaume Rousselle's arrival in Auxerre are unknown, but it is believed to be 1763, one year after the death of his father.

His appointment in 1780 as a Court bailiff provided sufficient income to allow the purchase of a small house, which had an old porch on top of which he added a construction in the shape of a narrow loggia.

The song spread beyond the limits of the city when volunteers from Auxerre introduced it to the Armée du Nord.

In 1919 John Ireland, Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge and Eugene Goossens wrote Variations on "Cadet Roussel" as an encore piece for voice and piano.

It is a freely interpreted film that based itself on the song and the recurrence of the number 3 in many aspects of the character's adventures.