The Voice of Vietnam's Choir and Orchestra
Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)
1966 · Dihavina 6603 · Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Artist
- The Voice of Vietnam's Choir and Orchestra
- Title
- Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)
- Release
- Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Dihavina # 6603
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation
Released on the Dihavina record label (# 6603), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. The title track is the well-known famous song "Giải phóng miền Nam" ("Liberating the South"), composed by the trio Lưu Hữu Phước, Mai Văn Bộ and Huỳnh Văn Tiểng, under the pseudonym Huỳnh Minh Siêng, in 1961, the national anthem of Provisional South Vietnam government. (1) The song appears on many record releases in Vietnam, Asia, Europe, and the US. Targeting a South Vietnamese audience, it calls for an uprising: "advance to kill the enemy... arise.. brave people of the South". It notes that Vietnam had been divided: "country has been separated for so long", and that it was time to "build up our nation". It referred to the US as "imperialists". Also on this album: the song "Giờ hành động" ("Time for Action"), the song "Qua sông" ("Crossing the River"), and song "Bài hát Giải phóng quân" ("Song of the Liberation Army").
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
The ensemble of the Voice of Vietnam, the North Vietnamese state broadcaster, performing "Giai phong mien Nam" ("Liberating The South") - the anthem of the National Liberation Front, composed July 1961 by Luu Huu Phuoc with lyricists Mai Van Bo and Huynh Van Tieng under the collective pseudonym "Huynh Minh Sieng", commissioned by Pham Hung of COSVN; it served as the PRG's national anthem from 1969 to 1976 and spread via Liberation Radio and NLF troupes. Composition facts documented. [Source: Wikipedia]