Uspávanka matky z My Lai

Annotation

Eva Kostolányiová, a Slovak singer, dancer, actor, born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia. (1) (2) (3). She started her career at v Slovenskom ľudovom umeleckom kolektíve–SĽUKu (The Slovak Folk Art Collective or SĽUK). (4) This is a split release single, with three different artists. Kostolányiová recorded two of the songs, both of which dealt with the Vietnam War. The song "Pieseň o Vietname" (Opus # 90 33 0053) looked at the personal impact of the war: "voice of bombs... children dream of peace", while other "talk about the law to whom belongs Vietnam". The other song "Uspávanka matky z My Lai" focused on the My Lai Massacre, the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese villages of My Lai and Song My by US forces on 16 March 1968, led by platoon leader, Second Lieutenant William Calley.. This took an interesting approach, with the narrator comparing their situation to those in My Lai: "my baby is already sleeping... My Lai are…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

Eva Kostolányiová, a Slovak singer, dancer, actor, born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia. (1) (2) (3) She started her career at v Slovenskom ľudovom umeleckom kolektíve–SĽUKu (The Slovak Folk Art Collective or SĽUK). (4) This is a split release single, with three different artists. Kostolányiová recorded two of the songs, both of which dealt with the Vietnam War. The song "Pieseň o Vietname" (Opus # 90 33 0053) looked at the personal impact of the war: "voice of bombs... children dream of peace", while other "talk about the law to whom belongs Vietnam". The other song "Uspávanka matky z My Lai" focused on the My Lai Massacre, the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese villages of My Lai and Song My by US forces on 16 March 1968, led by platoon leader, Second Lieutenant William Calley. This took an interesting approach, with the narrator comparing their situation to those in My Lai: "my baby is already sleeping... My Lai are…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia.

Themes

Anti-War · My Lai · Anti-Calley

In collections

European Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs