Culture Publishing House Mixed Chorus

Credited on the record as Hợp ca nam–nữ do Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa tổ chức.

Việt Nam ơi! mùa xuân đến rồi (Oh Vietnam! The Spring Came)

Dihavina CKS 0004 · Hanoi, North Vietnam

Việt Nam ơi! mùa xuân đến rồi (Oh Vietnam! The Spring Came) – Culture Publishing House Mixed Chorus (Sleeve (front))

Artist
Culture Publishing House Mixed Chorus
Credited on the record as
Hợp ca nam–nữ do Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa tổ chức
Title
Việt Nam ơi! mùa xuân đến rồi (Oh Vietnam! The Spring Came)
Release
Việt Nam quê hương tôi - Vietnam, My Native Country
Label
Dihavina # CKS 0004
Format
LP · Album
Language
Vietnamese
Country
Hanoi, North Vietnam
Songwriter
Huy Du
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
Primary theme
Vietnamese Patriotic

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

Unknown date, but probably released in the war years on the Dihavina record label (# CKS 0004), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. Several of the titles focused on socialism and the party: the song "Đảng là cuộc sống của tôi" ("The Communist Party, That's My Own Life"), and the song "Đảng cộng sản Việt Nam" ("Song Dedicated to the Vietnam Communist Party"), while several other titles dealt with national pride and patriotism, such as the song "Ta tự hào đi lên, ơi Việt Nam" ("Oh, Vietnam, Let's Go Ahead With Pride") - this one contains references to combat: "to the front we enter the battle... aim straight at the enemy and shoot".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Dihavina CKS 0004, 33 rpm, stereo, "Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa – Hà Nội Việt Nam", "Made in Czechoslovakia"; dark grey labels with silver Dihavina lettering, the rim reading "Thu thanh tại phòng thu Xưởng đĩa hát – Hà Nội Việt Nam"; run-out etched "CKS 0004 A/A". The front sleeve is a painting of bamboo, mauve mountains and palm trees on a shore, titled "Việt nam quê hương tôi" and "Vietnam, my native country". The back sleeve lists each song in Vietnamese and English with music (nhạc), lyrics (lời / lời thơ), accompaniment arrangement (soạn phần đệm), conductor (chỉ huy) and singers: Side A – "Như hoa hướng dương" (Tô Vũ / Hải Như; Tuyết Thanh và Thanh Hòa), "Những thành phố bên bờ biển cả" (Phạm Đình Sáu / Huy Cận; Kiều Hưng), "Bài ca biên giới" (Xuân Giao; lĩnh xướng Thanh Hòa – Minh Quang), "Tiếng hát sông Hồng" (Văn Ký; Duy Tân), "Bài ca thống nhất" (Võ Văn Di; Thu Hiền), "Việt nam ơi!…

About the artist

Mixed male and female chorus organised by Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa (the Culture Publishing House, Hanoi), the Dihavina publisher; on this track conducted by Cao Việt Bách.

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Patriotic · Communism · Ho Chi Minh · Freedom & Liberty

From the release Việt Nam quê hương tôi - Vietnam, My Native Country

In collections

North Vietnamese Songs

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