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early 1925 recording by the NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY  Band Joseph Casasanta Director

with the ND Glee Club shouting and singing 
of  College Fighting Songs

Notre Dame victory march
Michael J. Shea (composer) 

Hike, Notre Dame
Joseph J. Casasanta (songwriter) 
Vincent F. Fagan (songwriter) 

University of Notre Dame Band (Musical group) 
Joseph J. Casasanta (conductor) 
Description: Band
Instrumentation: 3 piccolos, 7 clarinets, 5 saxophones, 2 French horns, 8 cornets, 5 trombones, 4 alto horns, baritone horn, traps, and 3 drums

12/16/1925 Chicago, Illinois Victor 19932


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“When four rows of Glee Club singers chant a Notre Dame song; when columns of blue-uniformed bandsmen play and march to Notre Dame music — then we forget the ubiquitous campus grinds and gripers, and we hike along, down the line, cheering her name, and glad that Irish Backs are marching” [Scholastic, 03/14/1930, page 689]

Born into a musical family, Joseph Casasanta naturally became involved with the music organizations as a student at Notre Dame, holding leadership positions in the Glee Club and the Marching Band.  Before he graduated in 1923, Casasanta joined the faculty in teaching piano and as an assistant director of the University Band.  While music had long been taught at Notre Dame, there were no programs leading to a Bachelor of Music degree until the 1920s.  It is believed that Casasanta was the first student to earn such a degree at Notre Dame.


Portrait of Marching Band Director Joseph Casasanta, c1933
After graduation, Casasanta remained at Notre Dame, moving up to director of the Music Department until 1942.  He also led the University Band, the Glee Club, and the Orchestra; and he founded Notre Dame’s Linnets and the South Bend Symphony.  Casasanta’s most enduring legacy came from the songs that he wrote for Notre Dame, many of which have been in the repertoire of the Glee Club and the Marching Band since their debuts.

Inspired by the cadence of the football team, Casasanta and his brother-in-law and Notre Dame Architect Vincent Fagan wrote Hike, Notre Dame in 1923.  Scholastic reported that “About a year ago many of us felt the need of a new college song – ‘The Victory March,’ it was thought, was in danger of becoming too trite.  Our constant desire to sing our appreciation of Notre Dame demanded another melody.  As a result ‘The Hike Song’ was composed” [Scholastic, October 1923, page 102].

Alumni Michael and John Shea wrote the Victory March in 1908 to fill the void of a stirring Notre Dame fight song.  They felt their contribution was “amateurish” and they hoped that future students would build upon their initiative to create something even better.  Rev. Michael Shea recalled that “Ten years after my ordination, I heard the ‘Victory March’ for the first time while on a visit to Notre Dame.  How it came to its present exalted condition, I do not know.  The coming of Mr. Casasanta was evidently the realization of our hopes, and to him I express my hearty appreciation of a good work admirably done for the best University in the land” [Scholastic, 07/30/1930, page 529].  Casasanta’s arrangement of the Victory March is the basis for what the Marching Band and Glee Club still perform today.

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