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Notre Dame, Our Mother" is the alma mater (official song of devotion) of the University of Notre Dame, a private, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana. The song is addressed to "Notre Dame", a reference to both the university and its patroness and namesake, the Blessed Virgin Mary .
An Alma Mater song is an official or de facto song, anthem, or hymn of a school, college, or university. Pages in category "Alma mater songs" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
A school song, alma mater, [1] school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England , this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools . Australia
College songs, including alma maters and fight songs, of Colleges and Universities in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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 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
"Hark the Sound" is the alma mater (song) of the University of North Carolina. It was written by William Starr Myers (class of 1897), a member of the UNC Glee Club at the time. It is sung at the end of athletic events (win or lose) and other university gatherings, and is one of many alma maters set to the music of "Annie Lisle".
The best documentary evidence to date indicates that the song's lyrics were more or less spontaneously composed by a group of students in 1893, and that by 1894 the song was already being documented in the student annual, Corks and Curls. [3] "The Good Old Song" was the university's de facto school song by 1900. Student referendums over the ...