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O Canada" (French: Ô Canada) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which French-language words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier .
The lyrics to "Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours", meaning "O Canada! my country, my love" is a French-Canadian patriotic song.It was written by George-Étienne Cartier and first sung in 1834, during a patriotic banquet of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society held in Montreal.
English: The lyrics to O Canada, the national anthem of Canada, in English, French, and Inuktitut, official languages in Canada. Typeset in lilypond 2.10.33 . Français : Les textes à Ô Canada , l'hymne national du Canada , dans anglais , française, et Inuktitut , langues officielles du Canada.
This file is in the public domain because the lyrics and melody of the anthem are explicitly declared to be in the public domain by the National Anthem Act of Canada. [1] This template must not be used to dedicate an uploader's own work to the public domain; CC0 should be used instead.
The song was written by Dolores Claman, with English lyrics by Richard Morris, French lyrics by Larry Trudel, and orchestrations by Jerry Toth. It was commissioned by the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts as the signature tune for a movie of the same name that was featured at the Ontario pavilion at Expo 67 , the World's Fair ...
Mark Donnelly, the Vancouver Canucks anthem singer, got a little more popular after Friday night's game when he skated onto the ice to sing the National Anthem. Donnelly is known by many Canadian ...
Vive la Canadienne was the anthem of French Canadians in Quebec before it was replaced by O Canada. According to Ernest Gagnon, it was based on an old French tune, Par derrièr' chez mon père. [1] It is the quick march of the Royal 22nd Regiment.
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