Originally titled Chant de guerre pour l ' Armée du Rhin (" War Song for the Army of the Rhine "), the song was written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792.

Originally, the deck had to be composed by combining two poker, piquet or euchre decks and removing unneeded cards ( a piquet deck does not have the 2-6, making it easier to modify, and a euchre deck is exactly half a pinochle deck ), but with the game's popularity in the United States in the early 1900s, a single boxed deck with the necessary cards was marketed, and these specialized pinochle decks are now widely available in similar styles to common 52-card counterparts.

Originally, the Supreme Court held that the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial indicated a right to “ a trial by jury as understood and applied at common law, and includes all the essential elements as they were recognized in this country and England when the Constitution was adopted .” Therefore, it was held that juries had to be composed of twelve persons and that verdicts had to be unanimous, as was customary in England.

Originally founded by Kool Keith, the group is composed of Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love.

Originally a Brythonic settlement called * Durou ̯ ernon ( composed of the ancient British roots * duro-" stronghold ", * u ̯ erno-" alder tree "), it was renamed Durovernum Cantiacorum by the Roman conquerors in the 1st century AD.

Originally a set of pieces composed and published for the Güntherschule ( students ranging from 12 to 22 ), this title was also used for his books based on radio broadcasts in Bavaria in 1949.

Originally all broadcasting was composed of analog signals using analog transmission techniques and more recently broadcasters have switched to digital signals using digital transmission.

Originally heavily forested, these hills consisted of piles and ridges of natural gravel and sand, remnants of the terminal moraines placed by the southern reach of glaciers during the last great Ice Age ; “... they are composed of a mass of sand and gravel, intermingled with a small quantity of yellow clay .”

Originally a silent film with no dialogue, music for the film was composed by Deren's third husband Teiji Itō in 1952.

Originally all alliterative poetry was composed and transmitted orally, and much has been lost through time since it went unrecorded.

Originally composed in 1941-42, to a libretto by Konstantin Derzhavin ( ru ) and choreographed by his wife Nina Aleksandrovna Anisimova, the score was revised in 1952, and in 1957, with a new plot.

Originally, the Legion was composed mainly of Italian soldiers, but by the 3rd century CE the legion was almost entirely of Punic and Libyan origin.

Originally composed of nobles, the intelligentsia came to be dominated by classless people ( raznochintsy ) after 1861.

Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition.

Originally composed around 1192, it was afterwards extended and divided into several branches

Originally coterminous with the ecclesiastical province of Rouen composed of the northern portion of the province of Neustria that was centered around Rouen on the Seine, it was later expanded by Rollo's conquests southward to include the areas of Évreux and Alençon and westward into Breton territory.

Originally, the group was composed of Gez Varley and Mark Bell.

Originally composed as the national anthem for the short-lived West Indies Federation ( 1958-1962 ), this song was adopted by Trinidad and Tobago when it became independent in 1962.

Originally, in the 1960s through the 1980s, the organic food industry was composed of mainly small, independent farmers, selling locally.

Originally, North York was known as a regional agricultural hub composed of scattered villages.

Originally it was composed of numerous frazioni, isolated villages and hamlets, but with the advent of the tourism from the 1950s it grew rapidly.

Originally, their music was entirely composed on a small portable MIDI sequencer, a Yamaha QY70, which has often been mistaken for a Game Boy.

Originally, it was not an LED ( light-emitting diode ) display — each display consisted of multiple modules composed of 16 or more small flood-gate CRTs ( cathode ray tubes ), each of which included two to 16 pixels composed of green, red, and blue phosphors.

Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format and first recorded for Garner's 1955 album Contrasts, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, appearing on his 1959 album Heavenly and reaching # 12 on the U. S. Pop Singles chart later that year.

Originally intending to include Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos, Morse and Portnoy tapped The Flower Kings guitarist / vocalist Roine Stolt when Matheos was unable to participate.

Originally formed as an epic / symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist / lyricist Byron Roberts took the name ' Bal-Sagoth ' from the Robert E. Howard short story " The Gods of Bal-Sagoth ".

Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Sammy James, Jr., guitarist Graham Tyler, bassist John Paul Ribas and drummer Will Rockwell-Scott, the band has released four studio albums – People Get Ready ( 2000 ), Electric Sweat ( 2003 ), Alive & Amplified ( 2004 ) and Have Mercy ( 2007 ).

Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.

Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist / vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 and has reunited frequently since 1973, remaining active today.

Originally, the band wanted to reunite with original vocalist Bobby Kimball to record new songs for a greatest hits record, but the record company instead insisted they hire South African singer Jean-Michel Byron.

Originally scheduled for February 1, the show was postponed, so lead vocalist Brian Johnson could attend his father's funeral.

Originally an instrumental-only band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins ( Beasts of Bourbon and solo ) in addition to Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar and keyboards.

Originally composed of vocalist C. J. Snare, guitarist Bill Leverty, drummer Michael Foster, and bassist Perry Richardson, the band has maintained its original members with the exception of Richardson, who departed in 2000.

Originally composed of vocalist C. J. Snare, guitarist Bill Leverty, drummer Michael Foster, and bassist Perry Richardson, the band has maintained all of its original members with the exception of Perry Richardson, who departed in 2000 due to conflict.

Originally, the group consisted of female vocalist Franca Morgano and rapper A. K.

Originally, the band featured vocalist and guitarist Matt Beck, drummer Chris Raines, and bassist Jimmy Reeves.

Originally formed as a collaboration between Jordison and Tripp Eisen of Static-X, Poole was revealed as the driving force of the band after he switched from bass guitar duties to lead vocalist and frontman.

Originally from the Excelsior District of San Francisco, California, Gordon is the vocalist in the synth-industrial band Orgy, which rose to prominence through their signing to Korn's fledgling label, Elementree Records, their appearance on the first Family Values Tour, as well as mainstream reaction to their cover of New Order's signature song, Blue Monday.

Originally a tattoo artist, he was the front man and vocalist of heavy metal band Drowning Pool from 2003 to 2005, providing vocals for the band's 2004 album Desensitized after Dave Williams's death.

Originally intended as a follow-up of sorts to the acclaimed Songs, 2004's Chansons saw Greaves team up with lyricist Christophe Glockner and vocalist Elise Caron for a collection of all-new songs with predominantly acoustic instrumentation, including guest spots by Robert Wyatt and Louis Sclavis.

Originally formed of Keith Murray on drums, Chris Cain playing bass guitar and Scott Lamb providing vocals and guitar, before Michael Tapper became drummer and Keith became vocalist and guitarist.