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A note on grammar for the curious: in French, churches whose names are "Notre-Dame de" (city where they are located) do not take hyphens around the "de," because it's basically Our Lady's church in Montreal, not the church of Our Lady of Montreal (there's no such epithet for Mary). So "Notre-Dame de Montréal" is correct.

However, a church that does bear a Marian epithet - not the city it's in - does have the name hyphenated: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, for example. That's because it's the church of Our Lady of Lourdes, not Our Lady's church in Lourdes.

- Montréalais 01:30, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Added info about musical programming.

Seeing Handel's "Messiah" at the basilica is a big tradition for many in Montreal, so I added that, also to establish the basilica's presence in the city's cultural life beyond its masses and tours. That said, however, my musicological knowledge is limited -- is Christian church-related music referred to as "liturgical" music? Perhaps someone can refine my description of "choral and organ performances". The basilica may also program secular musical performances, so if anyone has that knowledge, please refine.

Denstat

To answer your question, the Handel's "Messiah" is an oratorio, not liturgical music. Liturgical music is a music that is specificaly composed for the cult(In catholic cult, this include Kyrie(Penitential Rite),Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. To those main five element could be included the psalm and songs(some time only instrumental only) for the entering procession and recession, often composed for a specific time of the year and in best case(but infortunately not always) tied with the reading of the day.

Boris Crépeau 05:17, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation for redirect to Notre-Dame Basilica

The previous article name Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica was "franglais," a corrupted amalgam of the French name Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal and the English name Notre-Dame Basilica. As this is an English encyclopedia, and as the English name does have currency, used on such websites as [1], produced by the Société de développement de Montréal with funding from the Quebec government, I believe the English article name is appropriate in this case. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:52, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bio of Organist

Is there any account of the life of a very competent organist Bernard Brien, who supposedly had a position at Notre Dame? I mainly want to know why he left Canada to take postions in the USA. Mssr Brien claimed to have studied at Laval U. and had a wife Madeline and a son Edmund, who was an attorney and a member of the K of C. Musicwriter (talk) 03:44, 23 March 2008 (UTC) Brien was also organist at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio, along with Claude Lagace` and Hugh L. Murray. Later, Brien was organist at Nativity BVM Church (now a cathedral) in Biloxi, Mississippi. While a young man, Brien served in the United States Navy during World War I. Musicwriter (talk) 01:17, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Notre-Dame Basilica is a Catholic basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, the most populous city in Quebec, Canada. The main construction work took place between 1824 and 1829; the sanctuary was finished in 1830, the first tower in 1841, and the second in 1843. The Irish-American architect James O'Donnell designed the towers to be traditionally Gothic, and intended them to be visible from any point in the city. On its completion, the church was the largest in North America, and remained so for over fifty years. The interior of the church, shown here, is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. The vaults are coloured deep blue and decorated with golden stars, and the rest of the sanctuary is decorated in blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold. It is filled with hundreds of intricate wooden carvings and several religious statues.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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