Royal 22nd Regiment Royal 22nd Regiment The Royal 22nd Regiment (R22R), or rather the Royal 22 Régiment in both English and French correct usage, and colloquially in English The Van Doos (representing an anglicized pronunciation of the French for twenty-two, "vingt-deux"), or, in French, le Vingt-deuxième, is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The mostly francophone regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army. The "maison-mère" or home of the regiment is La Citadelle in Quebec City and is where the regimental museum is housed. The regimental headquarters
Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi be substituted for a basse de violon; the Petite Bande also included several viol players. The instrumentation of the "Vingt-quatre Violons" greatly influenced the five-part string writing that prevailed in 17th and 18th century France, especially the early-18th-century French orchestral symphonies of Jean-Féry Rebel, etc. Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi (in original orthography "Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy") were a famous five-part string orchestra at the French royal court, existing from 1626 to 1761. "Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi" (Engl. "The King's 24 Violins") were founded 1626 under Louis XIII. As part of the "Musique