西原舞曲 (Tay Nguyen Dance)

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

Released in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# M-797), this is actually sung in Vietnamese, performed by the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. But the front cover is taken from a Chinese poster. On the back cover, the song titles are written in Vietnamese, English, and French. The title song "解放进行曲" is the famous North Vietnamese song "Liberation March" discussed above. The track "Song of the Anti-Aircraft Marksmen" focused on the role of those fighting, while the song "Quang Binh, My Native Place" and the song "Bright Shines the Moon in My Village" focus on local pride and nationalism. Listen to the full album and other Chinese Vietnam War-related albums here.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

中国唱片 (China Record) M-797, 33⅓ rpm, labels "M-797 甲" (M-33/2439) and "M-797 乙" (M-33/2440), "1966年出版" (published 1966), "歌曲、乐曲 (越南語)" (songs and instrumental pieces, in Vietnamese); "Manufactured by: China Record Company. Distributed by: Guozi Shudian, China Publications Centre, P. O. Box 399, Peking, China." The front cover, titled "解放进行曲" and "Liberation March", shows a painting of three armed guerrillas, two women with rifles and a man in a helmet holding a rifle and a grenade beside barbed wire, with the line "Songs sung by the visiting Song and Dance Ensemble of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in China" (越南民主共和国歌舞艺术团访华演出节目). The back gives the tracklist and credits in Chinese, English and French ("Marche de la Libération"), noting "All sung in Vietnamese". Side 1: "Liberation March" (baritone solo; music and words by Luu Nguyen and Long Hung, sung by Tran Hieu), "Song of the…

About the artist

Official state song and dance ensemble of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam); these recordings were released in China.

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

In collections

North Vietnamese Songs