ベトナム中央歌舞団 [Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble]

南を想う [Thinking of the South]

1969 · Nippon Columbia BSS-38 · Tokyo, Japan

Artist
ベトナム中央歌舞団 [Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble]
Title
南を想う [Thinking of the South]
Release
日本のベトナム中央歌舞団 —日本公演実況録音— [Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble in Japan - Live Recording of the Japan Performance]
Year
1969
Label
Nippon Columbia # BSS-38
Format
7" · EP
Language
Instrumental
Country
Tokyo, Japan
Songwriter
ドゥ・ゴク・ファン / グエン・バン・トゥオン (Đỗ Ngọc Phan / Nguyễn Văn Thương)
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
Primary theme
Vietnamese Patriotic

Notes

A2. Flute solo by Đinh Thìn (デイン・テイン). Sleeve notes: composed from central-Vietnamese classical melodies, expressing the longing for North-South reunification ('Vietnam is one'). Same live concert as VWSP4196.

About the artist

Official state song and dance ensemble of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), based in Hanoi; toured Japan in November-December 1968 under the sponsorship of Zenkoku Roon, the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association and Nihon Denpa News. This EP is a live recording of the ensemble's 25 December 1968 concert at Tokyo's Bunkyo Kokaido. [Source: record back cover (Nippon Columbia BSS-38)]

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

In collections

Japanese Songs · North Vietnamese Songs