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The Notre Dame Victory March is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. The chorus of the song has been considered one of the most recognizable collegiate fight songs. It was ranked first among fight songs by Northern Illinois University professor William Studwell [1] and fifth-best on a Sports Illustrated fight song ranking. [2]
The song is also used as a fight song for Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans. [3] [4] A version of the song was arranged by Leroy Anderson, and the song was also featured for fight scenes in the films The Quiet Man (1952) and 1941 (1979), as well as for a montage sequence in the 1993 film set at the aforementioned University of Notre Dame, Rudy.
The song is addressed to "Notre Dame", a reference to both the university and its patroness and namesake, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Joseph Casasanta, a 1923 Notre Dame graduate, composed the song and it was first performed at coach Knute Rockne's funeral in 1931. The Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C., president of the university at the time of ...
An analysis of 65 college fight songs by FiveThirtyEight identified words commonly used in the lyrics of these songs, including fight, win, and victory. [4] Other common elements of fight song lyrics are mentioning the team's colors, spelling out the school's name, and using the words "hail" and "rah."
The lyrics specifically reference and focuses on football. This reinforces the attention on, and popularity of, the university's football team at the time of its writing. The Pitt Band plays the "Victory Song" at the end of a 26–13 win over Notre Dame at Pitt Stadium during the 1956 Pitt football season
Notre Dame, the treasured Gothic gem in Paris that went up in flames in 2019, will officially reopen Saturday. Immediately after the fire, French President Emmanuel Macron made the ambitious ...
A file photograph from 2004 shows Notre Dame's organ. - Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Latry had, in his words, lived with the organ “day and night” since joining the cathedral in 1985.
PHOTO: World leaders stand in Notre Dame Cathedral as France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old ...