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File:United States Navy Band - O Canada.ogg

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United_States_Navy_Band_-_O_Canada.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 1 min 19 s, 139 kbps, file size: 1.3 MB)

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Composer
Calixa Lavallée  (1842–1891)  wikidata:Q1027051 s:en:Author:Calixa Lavallée
 
Calixa Lavallée
Alternative names
Calixa Lavallee
Description Canadian-French composer, pianist, conductor, musicologist and songwriter
Date of birth/death 28 December 1842 Edit this at Wikidata 21 January 1891 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Verchères Edit this at Wikidata Boston Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1027051
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Original French version by: en:Adolphe-Basile Routhier, 1880 (unaltered)
English version by: en:Robert Stanley Weir, 1908 – revised thrice. Current revision: 2018.
Performance artist
United States Navy Band   wikidata:Q7890807
 
United States Navy Band
Alternative names
U. S. Navy Band; U.S. Navy Band
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creator QS:P170,Q7890807
Title
"O Canada"
Description
English: The Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", played by the United States Navy Band in the early 2000s. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony, 1880. The music was written by Calixa Lavallée as a setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The lyrics were translated to English in 1906, Robert Stanley Weir wrote another English version in 1908, which were revised thrice before taking their current form in 2018. Was converted to Ogg format using Audacity (Originally uploaded on en.wikipedia).
Українська: Національний гімн Канади «О Канадо», в інструментальному виконанні оркестру ВМС США.
Composition date 1880
Performance date circa May 2003
date QS:P,+2003-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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https://web.archive.org/web/20030504023804/http://www.navyband.navy.mil:80/anthems/national_anthems.htm

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Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 01 July 2023. It was captioned as follows:
English: The Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", played by the United States Navy Band in the early 2000s. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony, 1880. The music was written by Calixa Lavallée as a setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The lyrics were translated to English in 1906, Robert Stanley Weir wrote another English version in 1908, which were revised thrice before taking their current form in 2018.
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Čeština: Kanadská hymna O Kanada v instrumentálním provedení orchestru amerického námořnictva.
English: The Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", played by the United States Navy Band in the early 2000s. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony, 1880. The music was written by Calixa Lavallée as a setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The lyrics were translated to English in 1906, Robert Stanley Weir wrote another English version in 1908, which were revised thrice before taking their current form in 2018.

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  • 2011-03-27 01:40:46 | Ancient Apparition | 1367035 | 0×0 | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description="Inno e Marcia Pontificale" ("Papal Anthem and March"), the national anthem of [[Vatican City]]; composed by [[w:Charles Gounod|Charles Gounod]]. |Source=[http://www.navyband.nav

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