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The lyrics of Thanh Niên Hành Khúc were revised by former President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1956. The composer Lưu Hữu Phước opposed South Vietnam's use of the song and in 1949 he wrote a letter in protest; later the Voice of Vietnam sporadically broadcast Lưu Hữu Phước's criticisms. [3]
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The song had to be easy to remember, sing, perform and popularize. Mai Văn Bộ and Huỳnh Văn Tiểng wrote the lyrics and Lưu Hữu Phước composed the music. The trio decided to use a new pseudonym " H uỳnh M inh L iêng", with the letter H, M, L representing the family name of each member.
[15] [16] Other topics include songs about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Christmas music referencing the Vietnam War, and Vietnam War songs referencing the Civil rights movement in the US (1950s-60s), the Silent majority, and the Domino theory. The project is a respected academic resource and a significant source of reference in popular culture.
"Tiến Quân Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam.The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1946 (as per the 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam.
Xẩm or Hát xẩm (Xẩm singing) is a type of Vietnamese folk music which was popular in the Northern region of Vietnam but is considered nowadays an endangered form of traditional music in Vietnam. In the dynastic time, xẩm was performed by blind artists who wandered from town to town and earned their living by singing in common places.
This gradual takeover of the diasporic market by Vietnamese music from Vietnam has been a fascinating phenomenon to observe. [12] Others believe that the growing Vietnamese music industry had in part to do with the lack of creativity by diasporic Vietnamese artists and poor management by overseas producers which resulted in low-quality their music.
A rock music concert event titled Nối Vòng Tay Lớn ("The Great Circle of Vietnam"); the name of a popular patriotic anti-war song by Trịnh Công Sơn, was officially promoted and held in Hồ Chí Minh City ostensibly as a memorial to Trịnh, and featuring various Vietnamese rock bands and artists, had officially taken place for the ...