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Thread #82928   Message #2463337
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
11-Oct-08 - 08:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Vive l'Amour/Vive La Compagnie
Subject: RE: Origins: Vive l'Amour/Vive La Compagnie
Digression-
Some old school songs were completely in Latin. "Alumnorium Carmen," seven verses to the tune of Gaudeamus igitur, was sung at Columbia, and was written by J. MacMullen, '37. Other examples in Carmina collegensis and other books of college songs. A few in classical Greek are known.