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Roger Doucet CM (21 April 1919 – 19 July 1981) was a Canadian tenor best known for singing the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", on televised games of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Alouettes, and Montreal Expos during the 1970s. He was particularly known for his bilingual version of the anthem, which began in French and ended in ...
"O Canada" Official bilingual sheet music National anthem of Canada Also known as French: Ô Canada Lyrics Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French, 1880), Robert Stanley Weir (English, 1908) Music Calixa Lavallée, 1880 Adopted July 1, 1980 Audio sample Instrumental rendition by the Royal Canadian Navy's National Band of the Naval Reserve file help This article contains special characters. Without ...
After "O Canada" was in 1980 proclaimed the national anthem, "God Save the Queen" has been designated as the royal anthem, played in the presence of the Canadian monarch, other members of the Royal Family, and as part of the salute accorded to the Governor General of Canada and provincial lieutenant governors. It can also be played on other ...
The national anthem, "O Canada", was originally commissioned by the lieutenant governor of Quebec, Théodore Robitaille, for the 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony and was officially adopted in 1980. [13] Calixa Lavallée wrote the music, which was a setting of a patriotic poem composed by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The ...
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 ...
Robert Stanley Weir FRSC (November 15, 1856 – August 20, 1926) was a Canadian judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to "O Canada", the national anthem of Canada. He was educated as a teacher and lawyer and considered one of the leading experts of the day on Quebec's municipal civil law .
Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926), judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to O Canada, the national anthem of Canada Zachariah Wells (born 1976), poet, critic, essayist, and editor Darren Wershler-Henry (born 1966), experimental poet, non-fiction writer, and cultural critic
Fans booed the American national anthem before NHL and NBA games in Canada on Tuesday night, a sign that some Canadians were still upset despite President Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on tariff ...